CCK pronounced a "trend-setter"
October
The Future Laboratory, a global trends consultancy, identifies Coffee, Cake & Kink as a trend-setter, and a pioneer of things to come. Surely enough, the rise of the CCK-style "fusion cafe" follows from 2006 onwards, with the trend in "fourth wave" destination cafes coming from 2011 onwards. Likewise, the cafetiere-style, single-origin coffee, which we raised eyebrows with in 2004, is fast becoming the way to enjoy coffee (we have lost count of how many times we have refused to serve espresso-based drinks - as it turns out, rightly so)! Ahead of the pack since 2003, we are regularly consulted on coffee industry matters and surveys big and small (including Allegra Strategies industry reports)...