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Category Archives: High Streets
A return to Portugal and specialty coffee: Coffee shops, roasters and coffee
Portugal has always had a vibrant coffee culture, with cafes playing a central role in many people’s lives, but as in many places, coffee culture is changing. When I first started to visit Portugal, you would struggle to find places … Continue reading
Posted in Cafe Culture, Coffee, coffee culture, High Streets, Portugal, Specialty Coffee, travel
Tagged 7groaster, aeropress, Aveiro, C'Alma, coffee beans, coffee culture, coffee flight, Coffee Roaster, coffee shop, Fabrica, Gaia, Lisbon, Luso Coffee Roasters, Porto, Portugal, Specialty Coffee, specialty coffee shop, V60
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Spaces of community: Chatty Cafes and Costa Coffee
It was announced this week that Costa Coffee would be rolling out the concept of ‘Chatter and Natter’ tables to 300 stores across the UK. As part of the ‘Chatty Café scheme’ it involves cafes having a designated table with … Continue reading
Considering the Coffee Free House
Recently I’ve had some time to catch up on various coffee related reading and videos. European Coffee Trip published an interview with Jeremy Challender, who is well known for his role in Prufrock Coffee in London (and now Barista Hustle). … Continue reading
Posted in Cafe Culture, Cafe types, Coffee, coffee culture, High Streets, Roasters, Sustainability, UK, Videos
Tagged appreciable difference, business sustainability, coffee, Coffee industry, coffee market, Coffee Roaster, European coffee trip, gentrification, London, multi-roaster cafe, Nordic Roasters Forum, Prufrock, rental costs, Specialty Coffee, Video, Youtube
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Tackling the coffee cup mountain: Will a ‘latte’ levy make a difference?
While the rapid growth of the coffee shop industry in the UK has been important for the retail economy it has had significant environmental consequences, most notably the huge amount of disposable coffee cups. It is estimated that 2.5 billion … Continue reading
Posted in Cafe Culture, circular economy, coffee culture, Consumers, Costa Coffee, Economic Impact, High Streets, Sustainability, UK
Tagged binfrastructure, coffee cup tax, coffee cups, Coffee Shops, environmental audit committee, house of commons, inquiry, latte levy, recycle, recycling, reduce, research, retail, reuse, Sustainability, tax
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Coffee shops, The Conversation and radio
There have been a few articles in the media recently about if the UK is close to reaching peak coffee shop. The BBC asked if the UK was reaching coffee shop saturation point, ITV News ran a short piece on … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee, community, Economic Impact, High Streets, UK, Urban spaces
Tagged article, chain coffee shops, coffee, coffee shop, Independent, peak coffee shop, radio, Specialty Coffee, the conversation
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The battle of the coffee shops continues
This week coffee shops have been back in the UK media. A short piece on ITV news which highlighted how the national chains continue battle with independents for their share of the £9 billion coffee shop market. It was also … Continue reading
Merging historical culture with Starbucks in Japan
Back in April I wrote a blog post about how Starbucks was trying something new in Japan, ‘Neighborhood and Coffee’ stores which had less obvious Starbucks branding, and were more focused on becoming the local neighbourhood coffee shop. Now, again … Continue reading
Posted in Cafe Culture, Cafe types, Coffee, coffee culture, High Streets, Japan, Starbucks
Tagged architecture, Cafe, coffee, coffee shop, culture, Japan, Kyoto, Starbucks, tatami, tourist, townhouse, traditional, traditional garden
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Co-working and the cafe
This blog post is based on a talk I prepared for a workshop at CAMEo, the Research Institute for Cultural and Media Economies at the University of Leicester on co-working dynamics in the city. “It was a pleasant cafe, warm … Continue reading
Posted in Cafe Culture, Cafe types, Consumers, Economic Impact, High Streets, Urban spaces, Use of cafe spaces
Tagged BBC, Cafe, cafe buzz, coffee shop, coffee shop north, coffice, collaboration, community, cowork, coworking, creative industries, creatives, creativity, customers, freelancers, inspiration, TimberYard, wifi, Work, work environment, Work Hard Anywhere, Ziferblat
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New competition: Coffee #1
While the coffee shop chains Costa Coffee, Starbucks and Caffe Nero dominate the market in the UK, increasingly there is growing competition from regional chains that have adopted strategies of substantial geographic expansion. One such chain is Coffee #1 which … Continue reading
Posted in Cafe Culture, Cafe types, Consumers, High Streets, UK
Tagged brewery, Cafes, coffee, coffee house, coffee shop chain, Coffee Shops, Coffee#1, competition, High Street, pubs, third space, UK
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Revisiting ‘Cafe Nation: Exploring the growth of the UK cafe industry’ – journal article made free to read until 2020
Back in March 2018 I found out that one of my articles ‘Cafe Nation: Exploring the growth of the UK cafe industry‘ in the journal Area had been identified as one of the most downloaded, and so was made free … Continue reading →