Espresso

Coffee

‘Sexy’ baristas important for consumers' choice in coffee venue

07-Apr-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

'People watching' and attractive baristas are two of the most important qualities customers look for when seeking a coffee venue, according to research from Brita.

Competition

Nestlé offers chance to win coffee shop

18-Sep-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

Nestlé Professional has launched a competition for one pub to create its own coffee shop, after research from the bakery chain Greggs and the University of Stirling showed 40% of consumers would prefer to drink coffee while chatting with friends.

Trend Watch

Trend Watch: can coffee cocktails conquer the world?

19-Mar-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Irish-ing up your coffee may well have gotten you kicked out of an establishment in the past, with your rusty hip flask in hand and an embittered snarl on your face. 

Yummy to open sixth site 'early next year'

28-Aug-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Yummy Pub Co is planning to open its sixth site “early next year”, the Publican’s Morning Advertiser has learnt.

How to perc up your profits

20-Aug-2010 By Jo Bruce

In the first of a new series, Jo Bruce looks at ideas for how licensees can maximise the opportunity for hot beverages in their pubs. Hot ideas to...

Sandwiches and hot drinks: easy money?

20-Nov-2009

Pub menus are getting increasingly sophisticated and diverse, as we have seen elsewhere in this year's Food Report. But there will always be space...

Equipment: Coffee for a chameleon bar

09-Jun-2009

A credible hot drinks offer can be a useful way to encourage extra trade, allowing pubs to extend trading time by attracting customers on different...

Good morning customers

01-Apr-2008

With more pubs now serving coffee it is an ideal time to drive incremental morning food sales too. PubChef reports The opportunity for licensees to...

Tea & Coffee focus: Seriously good coffee

10-Oct-2007

A coffee makeover is paying dividends for SA Brain, Wales' biggest pub operator.Over the past six months, the company has introduced Puro Fairtrade...

Beneath the froth

20-Sep-2007

The hot drinks market is growing and customers expect more for their cash - but is the trade taking advantage of the opportunities? Kelly Smith takes...

Hot profits

20-Sep-2007

Demand for hot drinks is giving pubs the chance to brew up extra trade, as Kelly Smith reveals Hot drinks are becoming more important to the trade...

Coffee Solutions

28-Aug-2007

QWe are limited for space on our back bar and don't feel we have room for a full-size espresso machine, but I want to sell top-quality coffee. What...

What the papers say - June 18, 2007

18-Jun-2007 By Eleanor Goodman

Britain will be gripped by a liver disease epidemic within 15 years because of drinking, doctors will say on TV tonight. Experts tested the health of...

Taste of the future

01-Dec-2006

MIXING BUSINESS with pleasure is not always said to be a good idea, but the chance to taste, touch, hear, smell and see the very latest products and...

Are you up for the cup?

08-May-2006

The installation of a brand new traditional espresso machine at the Kings Arms Inn & Motel in Girtford, Bedfordshire, has given Greene King...

Coffee - Products

01-Dec-2005

Nescafe goes for machines

Coffee - Culture club

01-Nov-2004 By Max Gosney

A huge rise in demand for speciality coffee means a great opportunity for hosts - but quality is paramount. Max Gosney gets some top tips from...

Espresso machines

27-Mar-2003

There are four principal types of machines ­ piston, semi-automatic, fully automatic, and super automatic. PISTON is the classic espresso machine....

Perks of the job - we meet top barista Thomas Polti

15-Jan-2002

Phil Mellows meets publican Thomas Polti, the man widely regarded as the greatest barista in Britain, and finds the secret of a good coffeeThomas...

Pubs fight back against coffee shops

29-Aug-2001

Pubs are fighting back against the new competition from high street coffee houses, and the latest bar designs are, conveniently, well suited to the...

Hot Stuff

15-Mar-2001

Well I admit it…my secret is out. I am an addict. But fortunately I don't have to share my addiction with a roomful of crimson-faced people,...