Coffee shops, restaurants roll out pine and forest-inspired flavors
A New York Times report highlights a growing trend of food and drink makers using forest-themed flavors such as pine, juniper, sage and rosemary. Examples include a Smoky Mountain Latte at Knoxville's K Brew, botanical sodas from Forest Water, a $28 Forest Old Fashioned cocktail in Manhattan, and syrup maker Torani naming Forest Pine its flavor of the year.