Coffee trends: Why cold coffee and new flavours are heating up 

Non-coffee beverages are gaining popularity too, with matcha becoming a major trend in the UK this year, and chai expected to rise in popularity this winter. This shift in consumer preferences comes at a critical time – the World Coffee Institute predicts that the land suitable for coffee cultivation will almost half between 2016 and 2050, due to the effects of climate change in key growing regions. These challenges are already affecting production yields and driving up the C-Price (the Coffee Futures price that sets the trading costs of for Arabica coffee globally). As consumers, we have a responsibility to lessen our environmental impact through what we consume, by switching to Oatly Barista Edition in your coffee, you can almost halve the total footprint of that one drink, making it a meaningful first step toward a more sustainable future.

What does this mean for the wider hospitality world? For bars and restaurants that are already exploring different flavour combinations through their drinks menus, this is a fantastic opportunity to start to see coffee through a different lens. Coffee and tea based drinks should move into that drinkscape, as ingredients that can be combined with other flavours and visual elements that create something more complex in taste and visually appealing… lets not forget that layered drinks are old hat for cocktails -imagine an espresso martini without a head, or a pisco sour without heart shaped bitters in the foam!

If you want to try making something delicious for yourself, here is a recipe developed by two time Coffee in Good Spirits world champion Dan Fellows.

Vanillamon Oat Shakerato recipe

Glass: Chilled coupe/Martini

Garnish: Cinnamon powder

• 80ml OATLY Barista Edition
• 40g double espresso
• 20ml vanilla syrup
• 1g saline solution (1 part salt : 5 parts water)

Method

Shake hard with ice and fine strain

About Oatly  

Oatly is the world’s original and largest oat drink company. For over 25 years, Oatly has exclusively focused on developing expertise around oats: a global power crop with inherent properties suited for sustainability and human health. Their commitment to oats has resulted in core technical advancements that enabled the team to unlock the breadth of the dairy portfolio, including alternatives to milks, ice cream, yogurt, cooking creams, and spreads. Headquartered in Malmö, Sweden, the Oatly brand is available in more than 20 countries globally. For more information, please visit www.oatly.com