Deconstructed lattes were supposed to be a joke — now they're spreading, and the waste is too

Deconstructed lattes were supposed to be a joke — now they're spreading, and the waste is too

Deconstructed lattes — coffee orders split into separate cups of espresso, milk, syrup, and ice, often with a pile of single-use plastic to match — went viral earlier this year.  But what looked like a short-lived joke is turning into a real café trend. A sustainable living content creator, Kathryn Kellogg (@GoingZeroWaste), is now putting the trend on blast in a YouTube video titled, "The WORST Trend of 2026 Somehow Got Worse…" What's happening…