Ever wanted a caffeinated beverage that looks as misanthropic as you feel? Then you're in luck, because the Goth latte is here. It's made from the crushed souls of dead unicorn lattes and it's just as dark as your cold dead heart.
OK, so that's not totally true. They're actually made from activated charcoal, an ingredient that's a lot healthier than it sounds (or looks for that matter). Charcoal is thought to help rid the body of unwanted substances because toxins get trapped in its millions of tiny pores, so even though the Goth latte looks like something only the devil would drink, it might in fact be kind of good for you if consumed in the right quantity (just don't tell anybody). They've so far appeared in cafes in the UK and Australia, but we're sure it's only a matter of time before they arrive at your local coffee shop. Would you drink one? Let us know in the comments below!
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I'm thinking what will happen to my stomach if i will drink it with that coconut juice
that red ruin the perfect design of leave. :'3 (i don't know what's called of that)
More of the activated charcoal 'health' trend to feed the instagram lifestyle.
#trending- the worst thing ever initiated by humans. Along with 'its a thing...' what people will do and eat because its #trending. Sheep!
YES!
For those wondering, charcoal just tastes smokey. Ever smelled smoke from a wooden fire? Now imagine it on your taste buds! It's an acquired taste, but it isn't a new one. I like gunpowder tea, which is very smokey.
Gunpowder tea sounds badass
Wood smoke is unique because of the smell and flavour of creosotes, the byproduct of combustion of natural tree oils. Carbon may be a component but let's be realistic. Activated charcoal is closer to the smell and taste of coal briquettes in your barbique, and carcinogenic in large enough quantites. It is however more stable and "clean" insofar as to be free of the microscoptic particles that would give you black lung.
gunpowder tea isn't actually gunpowder, it's only called that because the leaves are rolled up like pellets. The more you know.
Activated charcoal is used to purge the stomachs of people who have overdosed on anything oral in emergency rooms (pills, alcohol, etc. (At least in the U.S.)) I'm not quite sure how it would work in small doses that seem to be meant to pass through the system. Maybe it works, maybe it doesn't. It's a neat theory, though. Honestly, I hope it's a good thing.
More of the activated charcoal 'health' trend to feed the instagram lifestyle.
#trending- the worst thing ever initiated by humans. Along with 'its a thing...' what people will do and eat because its #trending. Sheep!
YES!
For those wondering, charcoal just tastes smokey. Ever smelled smoke from a wooden fire? Now imagine it on your taste buds! It's an acquired taste, but it isn't a new one. I like gunpowder tea, which is very smokey.
Gunpowder tea sounds badass
Wood smoke is unique because of the smell and flavour of creosotes, the byproduct of combustion of natural tree oils. Carbon may be a component but let's be realistic. Activated charcoal is closer to the smell and taste of coal briquettes in your barbique, and carcinogenic in large enough quantites. It is however more stable and "clean" insofar as to be free of the microscoptic particles that would give you black lung.
gunpowder tea isn't actually gunpowder, it's only called that because the leaves are rolled up like pellets. The more you know.
Activated charcoal is used to purge the stomachs of people who have overdosed on anything oral in emergency rooms (pills, alcohol, etc. (At least in the U.S.)) I'm not quite sure how it would work in small doses that seem to be meant to pass through the system. Maybe it works, maybe it doesn't. It's a neat theory, though. Honestly, I hope it's a good thing.