Space-Saving Nitro Tap Systems

The illy Cold Brew Aria Takes in Ambient Air to Make Nitro Brews

The demand for cold brew coffee calls for innovative new ways for the beverage to be served and illy is offering a simple solution for cafes, restaurants, hotels and other venues in the form of a nitro tap. Cold Brew Aria is a tap handle with an embedded and adjustable valve that takes in ambient air to create nitro cold brew beverages. As such, the space-saving cold brew system requires no cumbersome gas tanks, kegs and eliminates the need for steeping, yet creates richly textured beverages for people to enjoy.

illy is offering this system exclusively with its own cold brew, which is prepared with the Classico blend that features nine kinds of Arabica coffee beans sourced from different countries. illy Cold Brew Aria is also touted as "the only system that can produce either effervescent or regular cold brew with only one tap handle and one coffee source."

Cold Brew Coffee
Opportunity to develop new space-saving nitro tap systems for serving cold brew coffee.
Nitro Cold Brew
Opportunity to create innovative cold brew systems that use ambient air to produce nitro cold brew beverages.
Efficient Beverage Systems
Opportunity to design beverage systems that eliminate the need for gas tanks, kegs, and steeping processes.

Industries Being Reshaped

Food and Beverage
Food service industry can benefit from adopting space-saving nitro tap systems for serving cold brew coffee.
Coffee
Coffee industry can explore the potential of producing nitro cold brew beverages using ambient air.
Hospitality
Hospitality industry can enhance customer experiences by offering efficient beverage systems that create richly textured cold brew beverages.
SCORE
3.2 out of 10
GENDER
50% Men50% Women
MARKETTop markets: North America
GENERATION
  • Gen Z
  • Gen Alpha
  • Millennial (primary audience)
  • Gen X (primary audience)
POPULARITY
Popularity 36%
Activity 53%
Freshness 8%