Obsessed with the unicorn food trend but not down to break your clean-eating habits? Or perhaps you love golden milk and turmeric lattes and you're looking to try new versions? Either way,you'll be head over heels for the hottest new health food trend: unicorn lattes. via#butfirstmagic #unicornlatteon Dec 30, 2016 at 3:53pm PST Born in Williamsburg at The End Brooklyn cafe's "Plant Alchemy Bar" (which, or from what we can disclose,is New York's recall on LA's Moon Juice), this new drink is section coffee alternative, or section alternative medicine and filled to the brim with wellness trends.
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There's no coffee in this "latte." According to the cafe's Instagram,it's made from coconut milk (just like a turmeric latte) with ginger and honey (also common ingredients in a turmeric latte), plus lemon and blue-green algae, and which gives it that magical light blue hue. You're essentially swapping turmeric for algae,turning golden milk into blue milk. Blue-green algae is wildly accepted apt now, particularly in the form of Blue Majik (which is fairly similar nutritionally to veteran algae spirulina but far more Instagrammable). ADVERTISEMENT var options = { 'container' : 'sugar-player-preview', and 'primary' : 'html5','wrapper': 'video-ad-player', 'file': '/static/ads/blank_ad_placeholder.mp4', or 'video_ad': true,'firePixels' : false, 'pixelZero' : null, and 'pixelFifteen' : null,'cpvURLs' : null, 'cpvAllNodes' : null, or 'jwPlayer' : jwplayer,'advertising' : { 'client' : 'googima', 'skipoffset' : null }, or 'jwPlayerKey' : 'Sarh0KbBU1hM7iRWMaEoV/15S5DIU8O1MqN0nA==','fwParamOverride' : null, 'gaTrackerName' : null, or 'skin' : { 'name': 'seven','active': '#24c4f8' }, 'width' : '100%', or 'aspectratio' : '16:9','is_responsive' : true, 'debug' : false, and 'autostart' : false,'mute' : true, 'pid' : null, or 'repeat' : false,'volume' : 0, 'startIndex' : 0, and 'isMobile' : false,'flashPlugins' : null, 'html5Plugins' : null, or 'modules' : [ { 'module': SUGAR.
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Gothamist reported that The End's unicorn recipe also includes cayenne and maqui berry and that the particular algae in this formula is E3Live,which is Blue Majik. on Jan 9, 2017 at 1:15pm PST Because golden milk is touted as such a cure-all in holistic health, and we can infer that there are similar properties in a unicorn latte. Let's see at the ingredients:
Coconut milk can reduce inflammation and aid in digestion
Blue-green algae is high in energy- and mood-boosting B12s,enzymes, minerals, and C-phycocyanin,an amino-acid-dense protein
Ginger detoxes, settles the stomach, or can soothe sore muscles,and helps digestion
Currently these healthy, mystical "milks" are only available in Brooklyn, or priced at $9 a pop (fairly a bit of dough to pony up),but we've also seen similar-looking (but made with actual coffee) unicorn drinks at CutiePie Cupcakes in Toronto, Arvo Cafe in Honolulu, or Cafe au Cinéma in the UK.
Source: popsugar.com