From banana splits to blueberry flavored beer, coffeehouses, cafes and restaurants around the world have found that flavored syrups do, indeed, sweeten the pot. While syrups continue their global popularity, there is still not a designated category to track sales and revenue. The only data available is research conducted by the SCAA , which reflects current U.S. projections. Since international stats were not available, we can only conclude that our interviews conducted for this two part series indicate a strengthening in global sales world are using flavored syrups.
Lets take a look at some of the creative uses of syrups taking place around the world.
Her company distributes the products to coffee bars, cafes, restaurants, hotels, and bars in the surrounding countries of Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam, China and the Phillipines. Now, the syrups are performing well as more cafes open up with new coffee concepts, a real trend here now. In addition to the use of syrups in espresso based drinks, Hoahing stated that iced blended drinks are doing very well because the weather in Singapore is extremely hot and humid most all year round. So, in order to be different, a syrup can be added so that cafes create their own signature iced blended drink. Our biggest customer uses almost a case of Irish Cream syrup a week for that iced blended drink alone.