Cold Foam on the Menu at New Coffee Shops
Ora read the menus at the coffee shops that opened in October to see which ones sell cold foam.
The numbers
485 coffee shops opened in October, in nearly every state. More than one in four is a unit of a drive-thru or national chain. The rest are independents.
The read covered the ten chains that opened the most units and a sample of the independents. Cold foam is on the menu at every chain but one, and at about half of the independents. Where an independent prints a price for the add-on, it runs $1 to $1.50.
What the menu calls it
Most menus say cold foam, plain or in vanilla, caramel, pumpkin, and sweet cream versions. Biggby sells it as Sweet Foam, Dutch Bros as Soft Top, and Dunkin' and a San Francisco matcha bar as a cloud. Joe & The Juice is the chain without any.
| Chain | October openings | Cold foam | As printed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Brew | 47 | Yes | Cold foam |
| Dunkin' | 32 | Yes | Cold foam, Cloud latte |
| Starbucks | 16 | Yes | Sweet cream cold foam |
| Scooter's Coffee | 5 | Yes | Sweet cold foam, protein cold foam |
| Dutch Bros | 5 | Yes | Soft Top |
| Black Rock Coffee Bar | 4 | Yes | Cold foam, oat foam |
| Biggby Coffee | 3 | Yes | Sweet Foam |
| Maman | 3 | Yes | Cloud foam |
| Press Coffee | 2 | Milk foam only | Cappuccino, macchiato |
| Joe & The Juice | 2 | No | None |
Download the menus: 2,724 rows with shop, city, state, section, item, description, price, foam flag, and the menu link.
Ora tracks coffee shop openings daily and reads the menu as soon as one is published. Contact us to learn more.