Monthly Archives: April 2017

Spaces of Community: Dynamics in the cafe industry – Research Summary

Posted on April 25, 2017 by

The ‘Cafe Spaces’ blog was originally established to support the activities around the research project ‘Spaces of Community: exploring dynamics in the café industry‘, which sought to explore the growth and development of the café industry in the UK, and … Continue reading →

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Learning about coffee and coffee shops: Podcasts

Posted on April 22, 2017 by

Recently I’ve been writing a few blog posts which highlight where I learn about coffee, cafes, and coffee cultures. Previous posts have covered books, magazines, and blogs/websites. Today’s post introduces some of the podcasts I listen to, some of them … Continue reading →

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Neighborhood and Coffee: Starbucks in Japan

Posted on April 19, 2017 by

Starbucks, the global coffee chain company is starting to try and do things a little differently. Famous for introducing its stores with their similar style and operations across the globe, with increasing competition the company has had to think about … Continue reading →

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The language of coffee: latte art

Posted on April 18, 2017 by

I found out recently thanks to a tweet from Bex, author of the coffee blog Double Skinny Macchiato, that ‘Latte Art’ is one of the new entries to the Oxford English Dictionary: “latte art: pictures of patterns made by skilfully … Continue reading →

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Co-working and the cafe: an animation

Posted on April 12, 2017 by

Back in March I wrote a blog post highlighting some of my key points from a presentation around co-working and the café. Recently I came across a platform, PowToon, which allows you to create animations from presentations. So I thought … Continue reading →

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UK Coffee Week 2017 and Project Waterfall

Posted on April 10, 2017 by

My initial idea about researching the cafe industry was to focus on the economic and social impact of cafes on their local communities. While the local impact they have is definitely important there are ways in which cafes and the … Continue reading →

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Visualizing the London Coffee Festival through twitter

Posted on April 10, 2017 by

So after several caffeine fuelled days in Old Truman Brewery, the London Coffee Festival is over for this year. You can see some of the images from my visit this year over on my photography blog. For the days I … Continue reading →

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The Square Mile Challenge and sustainability at the London Coffee Festival

Posted on April 7, 2017 by

The #SquareMileChallenge is underway in the city of London. Led by the environmental charity Hubbub in partnership with the City of London Corporation, Network Rail and Simply Cups,  the scheme aims to recycle five million disposable coffee cups in an … Continue reading →

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