Coffee nowadays is becoming a monkey business when it comes on how fast it evolves through the years. Every year we often find ourselves what’s the next big trend in the coffee industry. Each season the high street coffee houses have new coffee variations to offer to the public, which coffee drinkers wait with bated breath on the newest coffee trend to come.
So, we rounded up few of the most coffee trends that you often hear this 2016.
BARISTAS
Baristas have become one of the major players in creating a great cup of coffee. Unlike before that baristas only served coffee but as time goes by they are now expanding and have more centralize to the beverage making process. Nowadays baristas are now considered as a mixologist.
COMBINING TEA & COFFEE
Who would have thought that over the years combining tea and coffee will become a trend in the high street market? Brewed tea and coffee together like Chai Lattes has gained popularity across Asia and other parts of the world.
WATER/H2O
Many articles say that in creating a great cup of coffee fresh and clean water is a must to bring out the flavors of the coffee. That is why water is one of the coffee trends for 2016. What kind of water people used to brew their coffee has been a talked about 2016 so, this year’s coffee trend is more focused on the water for brewing and the various ingredients used. Let’s see more in the future what would be the next trend in the coffee industry.
SIGNATURE COFFEE
Each coffee house needs to have their signature coffee to be on trend in the high street market. Most of the coffee lovers or even getting along with organic coffee has a high expectation for specialty coffee beverages. Nowadays specialty coffee is becoming more popular than a regular mix of coffee.
COFFEE TECHNOLOGY
Coffee technology is not about coffee production, but it’s all about how to make a better cup of coffee. 2016 coffee trends are set to focus on the technology of producing coffee beverages. This technology is to give us a more innovative way in making a cup of coffee a lot easier. This coffee technology is a great help for the coffee merchants to create a more specific mix of coffee. Nowadays we often see this technology to most coffee houses and in high street markets.
NITRO COFFEE
Nitro coffee is used to infused cold brew coffee into nitrogen gas passing through a pressurized valve creating a creamy almost stout-like coffee. This nitro coffee was often used to make Starbucks coffee and McCafe’s, that is why most of their coffee mixtures are smooth and clean. Coffee made from nitro coffee taste even silkier when drink. What’s more interesting about this is that coffee served straight from the tap with no ice. Just like with beers that are straight from the tap this coffee process is beautiful and taste incredible.
The coffee trend is constant evolving and whatever the next big thing for the coffee industry, we are sure that all of us coffee lovers are thrilled to know what’s more to come on the future of coffee.
