Activated charcoal—the trendy margarita ingredient023 Archivescleaning agent—is nothing compared to a matte black latte.
The new drink from Round K in New York City is even darker than the activated charcoal recipes that swept the internet a few months ago.
SEE ALSO: A rare white moose has been spotted and if you wanna freak out, that's coolThe nondairy drink contains coconut ash, almond milk, espresso, 98 percent Dutch process cacao, and a coconut cream and marzipan topping. Coconut ash, a type of activated charcoal, is the ingredient that gives the drink its color. It's popular in ice cream too.
″[Customers are] always surprised and shocked [when they first try the drink]. No one expected it to be actually black, so when I serve people the drink, their first response is often, ‘Wow, it really is black,’” the drink's creator, Ockhyeon Byeon, told the Huffington Post.
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Round K's drink is slightly different than other activated charcoal lattes out there.
“My goal for Matte Black is to justify the term ‘black coffee’ and at the same time provide a vegan, non-diary, and healthy drink for people," Byeon said.
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