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February 7, 2023

What is mazagran coffee & how do you make it?

October 17, 2022

How does snapchilling coffee work?

August 24, 2022

What is a babyccino & why do coffee shops serve them?

July 11, 2022

What is qahwa coffee & how do you prepare it?

June 28, 2022

What is a latte & why is it so popular?

February 13, 2023

Was canned coffee invented in Japan?

Canned and ready-to-drink (RTD) coffee products, including cold brew and milk-based beverages, have been popular in many countries for some time now.  However, it’s been impossible to ignore the recent explosive growth in the wider RTD segment, with no signs of it slowing down. In fact, according to Fortune Business Insights, the value of the global RTD coffee market will increase beyond US $42 billion by 2027. Considering the diversification… read more

Canned and ready-to-drink (RTD) coffee products, including cold brew and milk-based beverages, have been popular in many countries for some time now.  However, it’s been impossible to ignore the recent explosive growth in the wider RTD segment, with no signs… read more

February 13, 2023

Was canned coffee invented in Japan?

Canned and ready-to-drink (RTD) coffee products, including cold brew and milk-based beverages, have been popular in many countries for some time now.  However, it’s been...

February 7, 2023

What is mazagran coffee & how do you make it?

Mazagran is a sweetened cold coffee beverage which is popular in countries such as Algeria (where the drink was invented), Portugal, Spain, and Austria. It’s...

October 17, 2022

How does snapchilling coffee work?

There’s no denying that cold brew is fast becoming one of the most popular coffee shop beverages around the world – especially with younger consumers....

August 24, 2022

What is a babyccino & why do coffee shops serve them?

Although children are by no means the biggest consumer demographic for coffee shops, the child food and beverage sector is undergoing a period of significant...

July 11, 2022

What is qahwa coffee & how do you prepare it?

Qahwa (also known as kahwa or Arabic coffee) is a traditional method of preparing coffee in the Middle East – with each country generally having...

June 28, 2022

What is a latte & why is it so popular?

In coffee shops around the world, the latte is arguably the most popular milk-based coffee beverage. According to 2020 data from Project Café USA, the...

June 27, 2022

How can coffee shops use coffee concentrate?

Now more than ever, we have a huge number of different ways to prepare coffee at our fingertips. As part of this, we’ve seen an...

June 1, 2022

What is a flat white & where did it come from?

Across the world, milk-based coffee beverages are popular with an overwhelming number of consumers. In 2018, research from the BBC found that lattes and cappuccinos...

March 7, 2022

What is flash brew coffee?

Today, when most people talk about cold coffee, cold brew or iced coffee generally come to mind first. But as far back as the 1960s,...

January 3, 2022

What is the pistachio latte?

As its name might suggest, the pistachio latte is simple: a milk-based beverage flavoured with pistachio. The pistachio flavour typically comes in the form of...

November 16, 2021

What is a nitro latte?

Nitrogen is a clear, odourless, and tasteless gas that has long been used to preserve food and drink products. Over the past 50 years or...

November 15, 2021

How much caffeine is in cold brew coffee?

Coffee is an essential pick-me-up for millions of people around the world. As we know, its high caffeine content is a key part of why...

November 11, 2021

What is sparkling coffee?

The coffee industry continues to innovate with a range of new product categories, beverage categories like cold brew, nitro cold brew, and the espresso tonic...

October 19, 2021

What are single-serve coffee bags?

Across industries around the world, consumers are continuously increasing its demand for convenience and speed. The coffee sector is no different – people want high-quality...

September 23, 2021

Cappuccino variations around the world

The cappuccino is an iconic coffee beverage that combines espresso, steamed milk, and microfoam. It’s been around for centuries, and has evolved in a number...

September 2, 2021

Exploring alternative coffee beverages

While specialty coffee consumption continues to rise around the world, demand for functional alternative beverages is also increasing.  This is in no small part because...