Coffe places let them stay for HOURS having only bought one drink, and they have free wifi. Shitty boozers and their equally shitty landlords don’t tend to be as accommodating.......
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[Finance] Coca-Cola to buy Costa coffee for £3.9bn
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Coffe places let them stay for HOURS having only bought one drink, and they have free wifi. Shitty boozers and their equally shitty landlords don’t tend to be as accommodating.......
brightn'ove
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Hmm or maybe there are just a lot of costas?
theboybilly
Well-known member
Starbucks is the best of a bad bunch - I would rather fill a flask at home
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Just don't take the flask to the Amex
Not sure if they have either around Brighton yet, but Second Cup, a Canadian company that now have a few shops around the country, and Coffee#1, owned by Brains brewery, do better coffee than Starbucks, Caffe Nero and the like in my experience.
Raleigh Chopper
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I don't drink coffee.
But I do drink tea.
And just the once I went to one of these places, possibly Starbucks.
Mrs Chopper had her fancy coffee and she got me some tea, or at least I thought it was, weak as piss it was, no matter how long Ieft the tea bag in and wrung it out it got no better and as for the cost, bloody £3.50 or something.
And now the 2 muffins she purchased, what's all that about, they were £32 pounds each.
The only mugs in these places are the people who walk through the door.
Why not go to a nice little independent Italian cafe?
Or I hear the coffee in MacDonalds is good.
These coffee houses make my piss boil, full of pretentious ooh look at me and my americano flat white and a flapjack.
Fakkin rip off I tell yer.
But I do drink tea.
And just the once I went to one of these places, possibly Starbucks.
Mrs Chopper had her fancy coffee and she got me some tea, or at least I thought it was, weak as piss it was, no matter how long Ieft the tea bag in and wrung it out it got no better and as for the cost, bloody £3.50 or something.
And now the 2 muffins she purchased, what's all that about, they were £32 pounds each.
The only mugs in these places are the people who walk through the door.
Why not go to a nice little independent Italian cafe?
Or I hear the coffee in MacDonalds is good.
These coffee houses make my piss boil, full of pretentious ooh look at me and my americano flat white and a flapjack.
Fakkin rip off I tell yer.
Worried Man Blues
Well-known member
Yup, do coffee#1 in Carmarthen, surprised anyone has heard of them! and Carmarthen
seagullwedgee
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Alison Brittain, the current CEO of Whitbread Group (who are selling the Costa chain and brand) was my direct boss in her previous role in the UK, and I can tell you (and this is me speaking, not a sauce) she is one very very sharp cookie. Great deal, manipulating the pieces of the group she runs superbly well.
sir albion
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I love the costa coffee....The Vanilla/coconut latte is immense although yes it doesn't appeal to many but their shops are normally well busy so it's a very good shop indeed going by that fact !!
I happen to agree with your post on the whole but I think you're exaggerating a tad here?
Except every Wetherspoons which has unlimited coffee for about a quid. Plus it's Lavazza which is actually better than the stuff they serve at Costa.
Our local Spoons has the big flask things....it’s awful
Oh dear. The ones here have been replaced with proper machines so you can get as much (half) decent espresso as you like.