Tag Archive 'uk_cafes'

Trip Report: Costa Coffee @ Connaught Place (New Delhi, India)

Posted by TheShot on 23 May 2008 | Tagged as: Café Society, Foreign Brew, Starbucks

Located in the Outer Ring (’L’ block, more precisely) of what the locals call “CP”, this café in the vast UK chain’s armada is reportedly the largest in South Asia. It’s actually a bit impressive, particularly given that the chain has designs on adding 300 more Costa Coffee outlets in India over the next four [...]

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Which? Magazine survey: UK coffee chains

Posted by TheShot on 24 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: Coffee Health, Consumer Trends, Foreign Brew, Starbucks

Today Which? Magazine (U.K.) published a comparative review of three major coffee chains in Britain: Starbucks, Caffé Nero, and Costa Coffee: Coffee shops | Overview. Their survey examined coffee prices, beverage quality, and how much their drinks are calorie bombs.
For their taste test, they sent in an “undercover expert” — Whittard coffee buyer and taster [...]

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Time Out London - Eating & Drinking Awards winners 2007 - Best Coffee Bar

Posted by TheShot on 20 Sep 2007 | Tagged as: Fair Trade, Foreign Brew, Quality Issues

Time Out London just announced their votes for the best London area coffee bars for 2007: Time Out Eating & Drinking Awards winners - Features - Eating-and-drinking-awards-2007 - Time Out London. They named Fernandez & Welles as London’s finest this year — followed by Bullet, Flat White (pretty much Southern Hemisphere for café com leite), [...]

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