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Over the past few years loads of people have started to drink speciality teas and coffees on a daily basis. Many of these specialty coffee and tea drinkers go to specialty coffee and tea shops to unwind and chat with friends and colleagues.

How Have Speciality Drinks Changed Our Lives?

Sprouting Specialty Coffee and Tea food services companies have been growing all over serving on the go breakfast consumers to professionals who hold meetings out of the office setup. Tea and coffee shops are now springing up all over as the market opens up to these speciality drinks. However the massive brands who sell coffee and tea have already saturated the market with thousands of shops and take-out options.

There is still an open and untapped market of coffee drinkers that want only the best brews. You cannot find coffee or tea that has been roasted and brewed to order in the big names, and that is what the hot drink lovers want. Often, a real enthusiast will set up their own coffee or tea shop so others can enjoy the speciality drinks too.

There is a big experience when you visit a speciality coffee and tea shop. And only half of the experience is the drink. A good percentage of the attraction for the specialty coffee and tea drinker segment is about the shop’s ambience. Your choice of furniture, art, colours and lights can make the space magical. many coffee houses are now attracting more customers by offering free internet for their business customers who want a coffee whilst they work or the travel journalist who wants to type up some reviews whilst getting out of the hotel.

You can turn your local speciality coffee shop into a place to see friends and talk with colleagues that offers you more than just your shot of espresso for a morning boost.

I never knew that you could work as a full time cake designer until a short time ago. I mean, sure I’ve noticed that some of the bakeries have absolutely ravishing cake designs. However I did not know it was being done as a professional by someone dedicated to decorating cakes. But a recent encounter with a culinary artist exposed me to the fact. There are food service companies that mass produce cakes for businesses and they hire cake designers for their sweet products.

My foodie friend actually informed me that cake design is one of the most popular courses to take when learning about food. In fact, cake designs are as old as cakes themselves. The first person to lay icing on a cake was the first cake designer. Ever since, there have been a number of improvements in the field, and not all of them have been widely accepted or used.

For instance, although it is possible to have a number of flavours in the icing used in the cake design, the most popular options continue to remain plain vanilla and chocolate. and there are different materials that you can use in cake design. However most people will choose to use icing sugar above anything else. There have even been attempts to market sugar-free icing sugar so people on a diet can still enjoy cake. however sales of this are low as the original version packs much more taste.

However no matter what materials and ingredients you use, the look of the cake will ultimately depend on the skill level of the designer. You can make a masterpiece out of a molehill with even the plainest of cakes. And she or he can do so without using very expensive materials. With a good icing cone, food colouring and icing you can make a host of decorations. But don’t under estimate these items. When you can have a magnificently designed cake and it is cheap too, you will be happy.

When you are on your way to the office or only have a few minutes to grab some lunch in between meetings, it can be a nightmare trying to find a healthy meal that is quick to prepare and easy to eat. You can fall into an unhealthy meal if you choose fat-packed sandwiches, fizzy drinks and crisps. but you can find a meal that ticks all the boxes if you head to your local coffee shop.

Going for a skinny muffin and a coffee made with skimmed or soy milk is giving you a meal that is delicious, filling and quite good for you. Or at least, it is not really bad for you like some of the other lunch options available.

but how can a muffin and a coffee be a meal that is convenient and filling as well as saving you hundreds of calories on a normal meal?

Well, as the coffee shop makes everything for you, it is not hard to see where the convenience part comes in. It takes a matter of minutes to order and collect your drink and muffin so you can be on your way in no time. The lid on your coffee cup will prevent spills so you do not have to worry about walking or getting into a taxi as you drink the coffee. The muffin is easy to nibble at or just take large bites out of and you do not need to worry about a knife or fork.

The meal is filling and nutritious because the ingredients in the skinny version are healthier than in a normal muffin. The flour in a skinny muffin is usually a combination of wholegrain and soy flour. They are healthier because the energy in these two grains burns slower than white flour and keeps you feeling fuller for longer. You usually also get healthier flavour fillings, instead of chocolate, blueberries give the taste.

Choosing skimmed or soy milk for your coffee is better than full fat or even semi-skimmed because the protein content is high but the amount of fat is seriously reduced. Protein is necessary for us to grow muscle and is healthy for the body. It is healthy because it is digested slowly and at is not absorbed into the body. So like the wholemeal flour in the muffin, you stay feeling fuller for longer.

This meal option of a skinny muffin and soy or skimmed milk is convenient when you are on the move or in a rush, healthy and filling, what more could you want?

For many people, lunchtime means going out of the office to a local cafe, coffee shop or supermarket. Savoury products like sandwiches, cold and hot drinks, and sweets can all be purchased for a low cost. Sweet products are most commonly bought by people experiencing a bad day. The muffin has become a very popular snack for people to buy with a coffee or as a pudding. because they come in a number of flavours and are easy to use, the muffin is a convenient food as well as a tasty one.

Development of muffins has led to it being reclassified as a gourmet snack when produced with good quality ingredients. In part this is down to the growth of gourmet coffee chains like Starbucks. it also helps that ingredients are now luxurious like Belgian chocolate and fresh berries, so food snobs can eat them too.
Even people on a diet can enjoy a muffin with the introduction of the famous ‘skinny muffin’ in a variety of sweet flavours. Coffee houses are not losing money by driving away those on a diet whilst the customers feel like they are eating something tasty yet healthy.

the shape and size of muffins has also changed how we look at them. When muffins were first introduced into coffee shops they were small and evenly shaped. Then came the dawn of the massive topped muffin which was bigger than the traditional size. This is how we now use the term ‘muffin top’ to describe when tight trousers create a bulge over the top of them.

In recent years however the flower-pot or tulip muffin has become the most popular. The new shape is a little smaller than the large-topped muffins, this is because people are more health conscious and are less likely than before to eat a huge portion of muffin. It is wrapped in a piece of luxury paper which is where the name flower-pot comes from.

There can be major profits made by selling muffins in coffee houses and shops, and now pubs are getting in on the action by offering their customers muffins as a sweet alternative to the more traditional savoury snacks usually found in pubs.

There is a lot of money to be made in sandwiches. Millions of people everyday make or buy a sandwich for their lunch as a quick and convenient meal. Fillings used to be simple, ham and cheese or chicken salad, but this has changes as our tastes have become more sophisticated. Brie, spicy chicken and hummus are now popular choices. We also expect a lot more from the bread that is used to cover these fillings.

French bread is the most popular bread variety for pre-packaged sandwiches and it is also used in pubs and cafes for those customers that eat-in. However it takes a lot of time to bake it fresh every day and can be expensive to buy already made for you. This is why it is so convenient that food service companies have begun to mass supply French bread of different lengths to the catering industry.

The companies will part bake and freeze the French bread.   All the caterer has to do is defrost the bread and then heat it up in the oven. You get flaky crusts and super soft insides this way. perfect for customers looking for traditional bread. You can have a large number of the sticks delivered and keep them frozen for a number of weeks. If the buyer does not have a constant number of customers, this is ideal because they do not have to buy fresh bread which might not get sold.

Having too much fresh bread that does not get sold would result in high levels of wastage. A poor deal for the environment and for the profits of the caterer. Frozen foods allow caterers to manage their stock levels and always have some spares in the freezer.

The food service companies save caterers a lot of time and money by selling them frozen French bread in large amounts. Other products include garlic baguettes and slices, naan breads and crumpets. And these have been proven to be popular through rigorous taste tests that the food service companies carry out.

French bread, when supplied in this way, provides excellent value for money and the ability to make a profit whilst supplying consumers with the quality sandwiches that they demand.