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Koolfest brings 75+ iced drinks to Metro Vancouver this summer
The Greater Vancouver Hot Chocolate Fest folks have something "kool" for the summer.
In the winter, the Hot Chocolate Fest keeps folks warm in Metro Vancouver. Their new summer event, called Koolfest, features cold drinks and runs July 19 to August 10, 2025. SherSor/iStock/Getty Images Plus
The team behind Vancouver's popular wintertime Hot Chocolate Festival have come up with a way for chocolatey drink lovers to enjoy something special in the warmer months.
The Hot Chocolate Fest shared a few intro details in June about the event on social media, including that the festival will feature a mix of veteran HCF vendors as well as some newcomers, and teasing prospective drink-seekers to keep their "kool."
"The flavours list will include drinking chocolate, frosty chocolate milkshakes, malts and mochas ... but also interpretive adventures with other cold drinks such as iced coffees and shakeratos, fruit juice coolers and slushies, floats, spritzers and mock cocktails, exotic iced teas and bubble teas, frozen affogado dishes and more!"
You'll find mango drinks at both Vancouver Beaucoup Bakery locations, while Gastown's recently-opened Chocolats Favoris has a pair of chocolate shakes to check out. Gem Chocolates is working with flavours like ube, yuzu, and toasted coconut for its affogato-style drinks that pair a scoop of ice cream or sorbetto with a "shot" of hot chocolate.
Little Pisces, which opened a second location this May in Richmond, has bevs like Hojicha Horchata Milk and Matcha Banana Milk Floats, while Coquitlam's Doughnut Love is pouring Iced S'mores Cold Brew for Koolfest.
To help cold drink seekers find their "kool," the fest organizers have made an interactive vendor map.
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