[Cafe × ____] Recommended cafe concept ideas for a school cultural festival

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When setting up a booth at a school or cultural festival, a café is highly recommended.

It’s popular and you can create originality by combining various concepts.

However, when you actually start discussing what kind of café to make, you might find it surprisingly hard to come up with ideas—or you might end up with too many to choose from.

So in this article, we’ll introduce a whole range of café concepts perfect for cultural festivals.

Try launching a café with a concept that no other class or group is doing, and make sure to delight all your visitors!

[Cafe × ___] Recommended Café Concepts for a School Festival (21–30)

Original Drink

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Offering original drinks at the school festival sounds like a great way to stand out from other booths and build excitement! First, let’s decide what kind of drinks you want to make.

Choosing the flavor profile, whether to include ice, and how to decorate them will make it easier to finalize the menu—highly recommended.

Also decide how many types of original drinks you’ll offer.

Preparing both hot and iced options to match the season will likely boost popularity.

Definitely give it a try!

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Sparkling Drink

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There’s something called aurora powder.

It comes in pink, blue, and lots of other colors, and you can tint clear soda so it looks like the aurora is shimmering through it.

Hard to picture in words? Try searching for a related video—you’ll definitely find yourself thinking, “I want to make this!” You can also wrap cotton candy with aurora powder to add a little flair in the moments before it melts.

Combine it with edible glitter and you can make even more sparkling drinks.

If you care about looks above all, this is a wildly recommended pick.

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[Cafe × ___] Summary of recommended cafe concepts for school festivals (31–40)

Stylish drinks made with jelly

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Let me introduce a stylish drink that uses jelly so you can enjoy both the look and the texture.

Put your favorite flavor of jelly into a cup.

Stir to break up the jelly, then add ice and pour in soda—just like a drink you’d get at a café.

It looks refreshing and cool, which is really lovely.

Try making it with your favorite flavors like strawberry, mandarin orange, or melon.

If you prefer it a bit sweeter, adding syrup is recommended.

Finish with a mint leaf garnish for a cool, refreshing drink!

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Honey Matcha Soy Milk Latte

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Mock tea ceremony events have started popping up in all kinds of places.

I don’t know all the detailed etiquette or steps, but tea enjoyed while sitting formally somehow carries a taste of tradition.

Everyone seems to love matcha.

A “Honey Matcha Soy Latte” that combines popular matcha with honey and soy milk might also be a hit! You can froth the soy milk or simply shake it with the matcha.

Drizzling the honey on top like a topping works nicely, too.

It could become a great talking point if sold alongside the tea ceremony club’s event!

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Heart Drink

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The heart mark that everyone loves.

It’s been used as a symbol for the heart since long ago, but did you know that shape also appears in Japanese architecture? When used in openwork carvings and the like, it’s called “inome,” which literally means “boar’s eye”—an intriguing name, isn’t it? If you made a drink covered in cute hearts like that, you’d be a surefire hit at a school festival! The showstopper is creating a big heart mark on the side of the glass with cream or melted marshmallow.

Add heart-shaped chocolates or cookies to finish it off as a lovely, love-themed drink!

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