Is this new coffee trend something for you?
Coffee trends are popping up all over the place. For example, we’ve already written an article on the benefits of adding cinnamon to your coffee. It’s also been said that adding a bit of oil or butter to your coffee is good for you. Do you think that’s strange? Then we’re curious to hear what you think of the coffee trend we’ve got for you today!
‘Sugar?’ ‘No, thanks, but I’d like some broccoli in my coffee, please.’
Broccoli
Health fans have been following the latest food trends for years already. A bit of beetroot juice or a green smoothie is nothing new to a true health fanatic. Now there’s something new we can try: it’s this coffee trend. It turns out we can make our coffee healthier by adding a little broccoli to it.
Healthy, healthier, healthiest
Broccoli is hasn’t been just a vegetable you eat at dinner time for a long time now. The green vegetable has long been seen as the ideal ingredient to add to a smoothie. So why don’t we add it to our coffee, then? This is probably what health fanatics from Australia were thinking, since that’s where this new product has been developed in is now being sold: broccoli powder. It’s a powder you can very simply add to your coffee.
Broccoli powder
If you had to choose between a juicy burger and some broccoli, the choice is easily made, we’d say. Many people would rather choose an unhealthy snack over a healthy one. This is something Australian government organisation CSIRO cares a lot about. That’s why CSIRO teamed up with agricultural group Hort Innovation to look for a way to make people eat more vegetables. Broccoli is chock full of iron, vitamins and manganese and that’s why they came up with the idea to make a powder out of the vegetable.
Leftover broccoli
The powder is made out of leftover broccolis. These are collected and then dried and processed. This has two benefits: it reduces vegetable waste and the processed broccoli is used to make a healthy product. According to the people who developed the powder, eating just two tablespoons of it is equal to eating an entire broccoli. One Australian coffee shop located in Melbourne was the first one to add the powder to their lattes and cappuccinos. So, how does it taste? The owner of the shop describes it as taking a big bite of broccoli in liquid form.
At the moment, the powder is still being tested and in further development. It’s not yet known whether the powder will make its way to the rest of the world as well. Would you want to try it?
Take a look at the video below, which shows people trying the Brocc-offee.
