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Activated charcoal—the trendy margarita ingredient and cleaning agent—is nothing compared to a matte black latte.
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The new drink from Round K in New York City is even darker than the activated charcoal recipes that swept the internet a few months ago.
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The nondairy drink contains coconut ash, almond milk, espresso, 98 percent Dutch process cacao, and a coconut cream and marzipan topping. Coconut ash, a type of activated charcoal, is the ingredient that gives the drink its color. It's popular in ice cream too. 。

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Thanks for signing up! 。 ″[Customers are] always surprised and shocked [when they first try the drink]. No one expected it to be actually black, so when I serve people the drink, their first response is often, ‘Wow, it really is black,’” the drink's creator, Ockhyeon Byeon, told the。Huffington Post 。

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Round K's drink is slightly different than other activated charcoal lattes out there. 
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“My goal for Matte Black is to justify the term ‘black coffee’ and at the same time provide a vegan, non-diary, and healthy drink for people," Byeon said. 。

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