avolatte

English

Etymology

Blend of avocado +‎ latte.

Noun

avolatte (plural avolattes)

1. (neologism) A latte served in half a hollowed out avocado.

   Synonym: avocado latte

   • 2017 May 22, Danielle Valente, “Avocado Lattes Exist And Everyone's Confused”, in Elite Daily:

     The Aussie cafe has decided to start serving avolattes — yes, avolattes.

   • 2017 June 6, Christian Gollayan, “Coffee shops are ruining perfectly good lattes with vegetables”, in New York Post:

     The troubling trend of serving coffee drinks in hollowed-out produce “cups” has been on the rise since late last month, when a cafe in Melbourne, Australia made headlines for serving lattes in avocado peels (“avolattes”), Newsweek reported.

   • 2017 September 22, Sal DeFrancesco, “Guac Costs Extra”, in Harvard Political Review:

     Given the United States’ current fetishization of a) superfoods like kale and quinoa, b) Mexican chains like Chipotle and Qdoba, and c) Instagram-worthy products like avolattes and avocado toast, DeLyser does not anticipate this “meteoric rise” in avocado consumption going away anytime soon.