This tiny Minnesota coffee shop created a smash-hit raspberry Danish latte. Then it invited the world to ‘steal’ the

For over a century, Minnesotans have defined Northfield by its cows and colleges. Now, the world is coming to know the leafy little city for its coffee. Northfield’s own Little Joy Coffee shop has brewed itself onto the world map in recent weeks after inviting cafes and caffeine lovers everywhere to steal the recipe for its smash-hit raspberry Danish latte. From Paris to Poznań, Malaysia to Morocco, it is a call that has been answered by an ever-growing list of establishments around the globe, and nobody anywhere is more surprised than the drink’s inventor. “I was thinking to myself, ‘Okay, what if only like five people put this on their menu?’” Little Joy owner Cody Larson told CNN. “I thought, at best, it would be maybe a dozen shops.” That’s not to say Larson did not expect his creation to be well-received. The popularity of previous carrot cake lattes and cardamom bun lattes at the coffee shop had proven his theory that dessert-inspired drinks are in the ascendancy. After weeks of toiling in the shop’s basement kitchen to complete the seasonal spring menu, he gave up on a mango sticky rice concoction and found inspiration in a flaky European delicacy. Ancho

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