What do you think will be the next big thing?

[WhoWants2Know]

Not a TAAT as such, but inspired by the bored of salted caramel thread.

We've had pulled pork everything, salted caramel everything, and all alcohol became first Prosecco and then gin. Donuts are big and before that people charged a fortune for cupcakes. Accessories were unicorns and flamingos, now llamas and cacti.

What's next, do you think?

Artisan gherkins? Poutine? Wombats?

If I could choose, right now I would probably douse everything in nacho cheese.

Poke won't work here. Too cold and rainy. Smiths have been done already. Kimchi is popular. Turmeric or has that passed now.

We were right muddling!

IAmFrau - do you mean Poitin/ poteen?

Halfwitpicker I'm loving that (as farmers desperate to diversify!)

Hate beards though they seem to be everywhere yuck

Another vote for rum being huge in 2019.

Hate beards though they seem to be everywhere

DH has one to cover his weak chin. He had it before it was trendy and will still have it when it’s gone out of fashion. In fact he can’t get rid of it unless balaclavas suddenly become trendy!

Rum's already huge. It bumped over the tired corpse of gin in late 2017, according to a bar owner friend - and a couple of talks at the rum festival I recently went to confirmed.

I love both - and whisky - so I'm fine, it's just a bit disappointing that rum is now more expensive due to trendiness. Oh well.

Bubble tea bars.

I've noticed a lot of pineapples and French bull dogs.

I think cava will try to oust prosecco, and vodka may take up more shelf space on bars too. Revival time for both.

‘Dairy free’ alternatives will be more widely available in restaurants / pubs / cafes, due to demand from lifestyle choice not just intolerances.

If you like rum...
Try Seven Fathoms Golden Rum, our local effort.

It’s REALLY smooth and absolutely gorgeous. It’s matured in barrels under the sea! Seven fathoms down in the Caribbean

caymanspirits.com/sevenfathomsrum/

I am not paid to say this, I just live here and adore the stuff

Oh yay to bubble tea bars if that's true because i LOVE it.

Taking note @muffster

@MargotLovedTom1 yes 😂😂😂

It's a constant autocorrect typo on my German spellchecking keyboard.

With regards to a sipping rum (ie not as a mixer) most of the Plantation rums are very interesting, I can also recommend Diplomatico, Flor De Caña. All Delicious!

Our best seller is a French rum called Courcelles, but to be honest I find it at $500+ a bottle to be pretentious perfumed shite.

Mezcal? Matcha? Kefir?

Kombucha tastes awful to me

I was really trying to push Mezcal @HesterShaw21

But as it's usually filtered through the stretched carcass of a turkey it won't sit with the upcoming vegan wave I guess!!!

FrauBlucher Plantation was one of the talks I went to (Paul, splendid loony that he is), they have a wonderful selection! Got their xo20, Stiggins Fancy and OFTD in the cellar (amongst many others)

@muffster Dug through the site and found a UK supplier, www.thewhiskyexchange.com/search?q=seven+fathoms - shall put it on the wish list :) Bit spendy though.

As for the actual thread... Poutine would be excellent, I'm well up for that.

Trendy bagel bars. Might be good as a backlash against all this fucking antisemitism that's in the air at the moment.

I'm hoping smart watches take off, because every time a smart watch pings instead of a phone, someone looks at the alert message and then gets on with their life - they don't immediately open the phone up and spend half an hour on Facebook/Instagram/Twitter/Tinder/Mumsnet/whateverthefuck.

Nice shoes on men, instead of trainers.

Electric cars going mainstream. I'm really waiting for an electric motorbike though!

@MissMarplesKnitting hope you enjoy

Muffster

Looks good.

Great username btw

Houseplants and terrariums, undyed grey hair, flat shoes, teetotallers

Nah, bubble tea is on its way out. Also rolled ice cream/stir fried ice cream must be out soon. Silly fad.

I predict it'll be a fruit-based dessert that's popular next. Or pancakes.

Rum, butter, sloths and corgis.

iPhones are going the way of BlackBerry, android is definitely the way to go.

Juice will be the next big thing. Mark my words. Everything juiced.

Veganism for sure
People opting out of using social media, cos they're so cool and with it