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Cascara and its Rising Popularity: A Coffee By-Product Turned Superfood

cascara

Cascara, meaning ‘skin’ or ‘husk’ in Spanish, is the outer peel of the coffee cherry (berry). In biological terms, we can say that cascara contains exocarp and mesocarp. The mesocarp contains a lot of pectins and small sugars while exocarp contains mostly polyphenols. It was for a long time a by-product of coffee production. Today, cascara has an added value as food and food ingredient.

The classic use of this by-product is infusion in hot water, but you can now find it as flour. It can then be used in flour blends to add colour, fibres and caffeine.

So, cascara is becoming popular and we expect in the next few years a big increase of its consumption. Why? Simply because Starbucks is launching a cascara latte. They will make cascara a trendy product.

Now, the most important part of this brief article:

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Cascara, Fermentation, and Specialty Instant: The Future of Coffee

the future of coffee

Explore the future of coffee with industry expert Ennio Cantergiani as he delves into new experiments and trends in the field. Discover the rise of yeas/bacteria inoculations, fruits/spices infused coffees, cascara fermentations, and the potential of Specialty Instant Coffee in the market. Learn about the potential impact of climate change on coffee production and the emerging solutions from global research centers.