The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Is Bringing Back Its Sold-Out Tiramisu Drinks

I think whoever invented tiramisu deserves a monument. I bring this up because The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf has decided to take tiramisu and turn it back into coffee.

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Which is quite funny, when you think about it. We’ve taken coffee, made it into a dessert, and then made the dessert into coffee again. At this rate, I expect someone will soon invent a tiramisu-flavored tiramisu and we’ll have completed the circle.

But I’m getting distracted.

The important news is that The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is bringing back its previously sold-out Tiramisu drinks for the holidays, and this time there are three ways to get your fix.

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf’s Tiramisu Drinks Are Back

First up is the Tiramisu Dry Iced Americano, which sounds like the sensible, responsible member of the family.

Then there’s the Tiramisu Ice Blended, which sounds like the one I’d order while insisting that it’s technically still coffee and therefore a perfectly acceptable breakfast.

And finally, the Tiramisu Latte with Cream Cap.

I don’t know who decided that coffee needed a little hat made of cream, but I support their vision. I’m intrigued by this one because, to me, the best part of tiramisu is the creamy layer. I would quite happily eat an entire bowl of mascarpone filling and leave the sponge fingers for someone else. Actually, no. I’d eat those, too.

The Tiramisu drinks proved popular enough to sell out during their previous appearance, so anyone who missed them has another opportunity to see what all the fuss was about.

The drinks officially returned nationwide on November 4th.

What Else Is On The Holiday Menu?

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is also introducing a Peppermint Matcha Cream Latte, and I have to admit, this one caught me off guard. Matcha and peppermint. Together. I’m trying to picture the flavor, and all I can think of is a matcha latte that brushed its teeth before leaving the house and then threw on a green outfit―which might be unfair. I love matcha and peppermint has a perfectly respectable history of making desserts and drinks taste like Christmas. Maybe they’ll be wonderful together.

If you’d rather stick with something a little more traditional, the Peppermint Mocha Cream Latte is returning, along with the Winter Dream Tea Latte.

The chain is also introducing a five-drink Barista Edit Menu, featuring creations like the Snickerdoodle Dry Iced Americano and Peaches N’ Cream Cold Brew Tea. A snickerdoodle coffee is something I can advocate for. Cinnamon, cookies, coffee. All very sensible ingredients to combine.

Peaches and cream cold brew tea, on the other hand, sounds like it belongs on a sunny patio somewhere, ideally with a book and absolutely no responsibilities. Which, come to think of it, sounds rather nice.

Paul Frank Is Getting In On The Holiday Fun, Too

Remember Paul Frank? The brand with Julius, that grinning little monkey who seemed to be on absolutely everything in the 2000s? He’s making an appearance at The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, too.

A limited-edition Paul Frank holiday merchandise collection launched November 4th, bringing a little early-2000s nostalgia to the coffee chain’s holiday celebrations. What a time to be alive.

Between the returning Tiramisu drinks, the peppermint matcha experiment, and the unexpected Paul Frank reunion, there’s plenty happening at The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf this holiday season.

And I know where I’d start. The Tiramisu Latte with Cream Cap.

And if anyone questions whether I really need a dessert-flavored coffee when I could just eat the dessert itself, I’d like to remind them that nobody has ever made me choose between coffee and cake before. I’m not about to start now.