Rumours are currently circulating about some of the UK branded chains starting to serve flats whites. The baristas at Flat White in Soho fielded calls from broadsheet journalists asking for comment about an apparent decision by Starbucks UK to start selling the drink. Twitter1, on the other hand, suggested that it was Costa Coffee who …
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The Fair Trade Finish Line
A little while ago my frustration with Cadburys advertising led me to try and sum up my frustrations with Fair Trade in 140 characters. The best I could do was, Fair Trade – the absolute minimum necessary to get people to stop questioning how you source, or pushing you to do better. Not enough. The …
Agitating the industry
Last week I had the opportunity to pop over to Vienna for 24 hours. It was the Allegra European Coffee Symposium, and I got to dress up in black tie and go to the Hofburg Imperial Palace for the awards dinner the night before. I even got an award1 which was amazing and I am …