Highly functional kitchen taps that are often used by professional chefs are growing in popularity among homeowners, it has been observed.An article by News Canada notes that such high-end taps are now being sold to affluent property owners.If you visit some of the more stylish kitchen showrooms, youll likely see a selection of tall, complex kitchen faucets that look like they need to come with an instruction manual, it said.The news network referred to a number of different kitchen tap styles including tall spouts that arc well above the sink bowl, allowing the user to fit tall containers, vases, buckets or big pots underneath for easy filling.It also commented on the popularity of spring-action flexible spouts that have movable spray hoses for easily reaching all corners of the sink bowl.The article follows a life and style piece by the Hindu which suggested that kitchens now more closely resemble lounges where cooking also happens to take place.