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Book Review: Coffee for one by K J Fallon
While there has been growth and change in our coffee consumption out of the home in coffee shops as they have become staple features of the daily lives of many people across the globe, the patterns in coffee consumption at … Continue reading
The London Coffee Festival 2018: Highlights
From 12th-15th April, the Old Truman Brewery in Shoreditch hosts the London Coffee Festival. I had originally expected not to attend this year due to our new arrival, but in a last minute change of plans decided to go with … Continue reading
Posted in Cafe Culture, circular economy, Coffee, coffee culture, Coffee industry, Consumers, Festivals, General, UK
Tagged cake, Cakesmiths, coffee, Ecoffee Cup, Girls who grind coffee, KeepCup, London, London coffee festival, Lotus, packaging, Paper Cup Recycling, RCup, Redemption roasters, research, Roasters, simply cups, Sol Cup, Specialty Coffee, Sustainability, Thermacup
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Switching cups: Coffee festivals tackling disposable coffee cups
Coffee festivals have become important events in the coffee calendar for both professionals and coffee consumers alike. Growing numbers of visitors to these festivals across the country has inevitably led to large volumes of disposable coffee cups being used in … Continue reading
Posted in circular economy, Coffee, coffee culture, Coffee industry, Consumers, environment, Festivals, Specialty Coffee, Sustainability, UK
Tagged coffee, coffee cups, Coffee Festival, disposable cup, eco-responsibility, KeepCup, Specialty Coffee, Sustainability, vegware, zero waste
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On the need to continue discussions of waste: Government responds to ‘latte levy’ proposal
In January the Environmental Audit Committee published a report as a result of an inquiry into disposable coffee cup waste. The report made a number of suggestions to address the issue of growing disposable coffee cup waste in the UK. … Continue reading
Posted in Cafe Culture, circular economy, coffee culture, Commentaries, Consumers, environment, General, Reports, Starbucks, UK
Tagged circular economy, coffee, coffee cup, coffee cup waste, consumer behaviour, Consumers, disposable coffee cup, environmental audit committee, government, government inquiry, latte levy, litter, recycling, Report, reusable coffee cup, Specialty Coffee, tax, waste, waste management
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Updated map of coffee shops and cafes in Coventry
Last year I wrote a blog post including a Google map of the coffee shops and cafes in Coventry around the time the bid for Coventry to be the 2021 City of Culture had been submitted to try and demonstrate … Continue reading
Posted in Cafe Culture, Cafe types, Consumers, coventry, Maps, Specialty Coffee, specialty tea, UK
Tagged Bean and Leaf, Cafe Culture, Cafe Spaces, city, city of culture, city of culture 2021, coffee, coffee beans, coffee culture, coffee shop, community, coventry, fresh coffee, Independent cafe, independent coffee shop, Kahawa, market, Starbucks, thisisCoventry
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Peak Coffee Shop? Peak Costa Coffee? Where next for the UK market leader?
Last year I wrote an article for the Conversation about if Britain had reached ‘peak coffee shop’, sparked by industry forecasts that suggested the number of coffee shops in the country was set to continue to grow at pace (to … Continue reading
Posted in Cafe Culture, Cafe types, coffee culture, Commentaries, community, Consumers, Costa Coffee, General, UK
Tagged business growth, Cafe Culture, Cafe Industry, coffee, coffee shop, Coffee Shop Industry, commentary, community, Costa Coffee, Costa Coffee House, Costa Fresco, Guardian, Innovation, Specialty Coffee, Starbucks, Whitbread
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The Coffee Shop Industry, Recycling and the Circular Economy
Last week I had a great opportunity to give a guest lecture at Leiden University in the Netherlands to talk about the coffee shop industry, recycling and the circular economy. The lecture focused not only on exploring the implications of … Continue reading
Posted in Cafe Culture, circular economy, coffee culture, Coffee industry, Commentaries, Consumers, environment, Germany, presentation, research, Sustainability, UK
Tagged Australia, business, circular economy, coffee, coffee clothing, coffee culture, coffee cups, Coffee grounds, coffee logs, coffee oil, coffee shop, disposable coffee cup, ecocafe, energy consumption, energy reduction, Freiburg cup, Germany, grocycle, Innovation, latte levy, mushrooms, recup, recycling, singtex, Square Mile Challenge, Taiwan, UK, upcycle, waste management, zero waste
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Future gazing for coffee shops: changing trends
Much of my work explores the past and present of the coffee and coffee shop industries, investigating changing trends in the industry and how this impacts consumers and communities. I’m often asked to consider what the future of the coffee … Continue reading →