New Year: New Recipes

Happy New Year! We’re sharing some new recipes (and a few old favorites) to bring new inspiration to your coffee practices in 2026.

First off, a recipe for a flat white! We’ve shared on the blog before the difference between a flat white, latte, and cappuccino— a topic that is really an endless discussion. You can read that here. We’re going to share this blog post today the recipe for a banging flat white.

Start with a double shot of espresso, preferably a light roast with lots of interesting tasting notes.

Then, steam enough milk to make a final drink that is about 6 oz. You’ll want a thin, velvety micro-foam, not a fluffy cappuccino foam but the opposite. Steam to around 130°F; it’s very important to keep the sugars in the milk and not steam it so hot that those are burned out. The sweet, velvety steamed milk is essential for complementing the light-roast espresso.

Pour your favorite latte art design in your favorite small mug, and voila! You have a beautiful flat white!

Next, grab one of the last bags of our Whiskey Barrel Aged coffee. We’re making a coffee cocktail! This beautiful light-roast Colombian coffee is infused with the flavors of award-winning Tennessee whiskey; because of that it makes a delicious coffee cocktail, or you can add alcohol to make a true cocktail.

To make this whiskey coffee cocktail, we’ll follow our Shakerato recipe.

What you’ll need:

• a cocktail shaker

• ice

• simple syrup (according to your taste)

• cream (or the milk of your choice)

• double shot of Whiskey Barrel Aged espresso

• shot of whiskey (optional)

To make this drink, fill the cocktail shaker about 2/3 full of ice. Add the espresso, .5 to 1 oz of simple syrup, and 2 oz. of cream. (You can always add more if you like your coffee sweeter.) Put the lid on and shake, shake, shake! Shake until the cocktail shaker is really cold on the outside— this should take a minute or two. Pour into a stemmed glass, making sure you pour out all the beautiful cold foam you made. Enjoy!

Our last recipe idea to spice up your 2026 coffee game is to make a signature syrup! Homemade simple syrups are truly so easy to make, and you can choose your spice or herb to make your signature syrup. Add it to lattes, iced coffees, coffee cocktails, or even hot coffee with cream. Invite your friends over for house-made lattes and they’ll be so impressed!

Here’s what you do:

1. Weigh out equal parts cane sugar and water. 500g of each makes about a good-sized bottle of syrup, but you can scale it down if you don’t need much.

2. Boil the sugar and water. Stirring until it comes together and the sugar is dissolved. This happens fairly quickly.

3. Toss in a handful of fresh herbs or a couple of springs of dried or a tablespoon of a spice mix you love! Add a teaspoon of extract or vanilla bean if you like. This step is open to your creativity; but now is the time to stir in the flavors you want in your signature syrup.

4. Stir and take it off the heat.

5. Sit it aside until it is cool to the touch. This should take at least an hour— you want the herbs or spices to steep for at least 1-2 hours.

6. Strain and enjoy.

Ideas for cozy syrups include orange vanilla, chai spice, rosemary honey, lavender, brown sugar cinnamon… We say, try any flavor you’re inspired by; create your own!

We hope you’re having a happy start to your year, and we hope these recipes inspire new creativity in your coffee ventures. We’ll be back with new blog posts, recipe ideas, and coffee-brewing tips every week this year: stick around!