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As the great and good of the fashion world descend on the bright lights of New York, London, Paris and Milan for the launch of the Spring/Summer 2017 collections, the great and good of the food world are busy creating their Spring/Summer 2017 menus. Both will dictate what we wear, and what we eat, in 2017. But how blurred is the line between food and fashion?

From bean to brew, making great coffee is all about attention to detail. That’s why it’s good to know that when you choose NESCAFÉ® Alegria, NESCAFÉ® Milano and NESCAFÉ® Milano Lounge, you’re not just choosing a great machine, you’re choosing great service too.

Why Cold Brew Coffee?

Cold brew coffee is non-conventional and an alternative brewing method that is popular with many. Sit yourself down in a quaint café and you’ll find yourself sipping on a well-brewed cold brew coffee, picking up a magazine or book you have always wanted to read. We all need room for quiet, pensive thinking with time to ourselves to reflect in the midst of hectic schedules and deadlines we scramble to meet. For avid coffee-lovers, there’s no better way to hit pause than to relax with a cup of coffee.

Coffee has become quite a hot topic and a popular business venture as a result of its ubiquity. The active proliferation of coffee shops all over the globe is quite astounding, and you will be certain to find an establishment serving or selling coffee anywhere you go—from specialty coffee to 3-in-1.¹

However, it is one thing to be a coffee consumer and another to be a coffee lover. The topic of coffee can be wide and broad, but it helps to start somewhere. 

 

What’s with the surge in popularity for food? It’s fair to say that food has gone stratospheric. You can’t get away from it. The craze for pop up concepts shows no sign of abating, celebrity chefs are increasingly seen as the new rock stars and recipe books regularly top best seller lists. With this, a whole new generation are getting in on the act. In fact, in recent years The New York Times coined the phrase ‘gastronomic youth quake’ to describe how more and more young people are shunning festivals and gigs for meals out.

Coffee has become such a morning staple that a lot of people claim they start their day without a freshly brewed cup. Without a doubt, coffee is the world’s most popular drink with over 400 billion cups consumed each year. an industry so big that nearly 25 million farmers around the world rely on coffee for their livelihood. Because of this, coffee is the world’s second most valuable exported commodity next to oil—and in case you were wondering, the global coffee industry earns an estimated amount of USD 60 billion in a yearⁱ.

But give the serious stuff a break first and focus on some interesting and fun facts that you may not have known about your daily brew. 

We live in such a fast-paced age right now that most people hardly make time for breakfast anymore. Breakfast is either skipped or is enjoyed in the office instead; a proper meal being a weekend luxury spent with friends or family. And of course, we cannot talk about breakfast without talking about coffee—the first thing most of us reach to nowadays to clear our cloudy heads from the previous evening’s slumber. 

There are many different approaches to plant-based eating, from people who simply want to eat meat less often, to people who consume no animal products or by-products of any kind.

Milk, eggs, and other animal-based ingredients often perform functional roles in cooking, so it can be a challenge to replace them. We’re breaking down the vegan alternatives so when cooking time comes you know exactly what to use for you vegan customers’ meals.

Will the world be able to sustainably feed the growing global population? It’s a question environmentalists hope sustainable diets will be able to give a positive answer to.

For a growing number of consumers, there’s one thing that’s not on the plate anymore: meat. Vegan and vegetarian eating habits are taking the food service industry by storm.