Banana coffee takes off in Metro Detroit

Already the most-eaten fresh fruit in America, bananas are ripe for the beverage market beyond smoothies in Metro Detroit and across the country.

By the numbers: Banana is the fastest-growing beverage ingredient flavor over the past year at restaurants, per Circana market data.

Top chains introduced 100 banana items from July 2025 through July 2026, more than in any previous full year.
Most of them were nonalcoholic beverages, according to Datassential.

Search interest is surging, too. "Banana coffee" and "banana matcha" hit all-time highs in search in 2026, per Google Trends.

TikTok has plenty of videos for the banana-curious, including a tutorial for making banana iced coffee at home by Eva Longoria.

Zoom in: You don't have to travel far to find banana flavor at a local coffee shop.

Saturn Coffee, New Center: This spot in an Albert Kahn building offers caramel banana syrup for its lattes.

Balam Coffee & Wine, Ferndale: Order a banana latte made with banana puree.

Bun Chai, Ann Arbor and Hamtramck: This cafe's summer menu is banana-laden: iced or hot banana pudding latte and bananas Foster latte.

Azal Coffee, Dearborn: Iced matcha banana latte and banana bread breve latte.

Dose, Midtown: Among its signature drinks is a hot or iced banana bread latte.

Kyuu Cafe, Shelby Township: Matcha-nana latte with banana syrup, vanilla cold foam, matcha, milk and a cinnamon and caramelized banana topping.

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