Category Archives: Coffee Syrup News

Intellectual Property (IP) -Why it’s not very clever to ignore it!

Posted on October 6, 2012 by

Don’t think you have any intellectual property? It’s the sort of thing that other people create, right? Then let me challenge you. Do you make a product? Do you have a shop or offer a service? Do you advise other … Continue reading →

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Ubiquitous milk, available everywhere!

Posted on July 31, 2012 by

So what is all the fuss over milk prices and what has it got to do with coffee shops? After coffee (ethically sourced or otherwise) coffee shops use shed loads of milk. However, individual coffee shops and small chains tend … Continue reading →

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Your test results are available! (our on-line survey results are in)

Posted on July 24, 2012 by

In July we conducted a short on-line survey. The participants were adults across the whole range of ages and fairly evenly split male/female. Some of the results look similar to previous surveys of this type so we are confident that … Continue reading →

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Ooh that’s a bit Smooth- for a coffee shop

Posted on June 21, 2012 by

Smoothies seemed to first emerge as a ‘category’ back in 1998 when other countries such as Australia and America were talking about them. In reality they were as much about being fruit (vegetable) and a healthy ‘alternative’ to the dairy … Continue reading →

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The Truth about why people go to coffee shops

Posted on June 1, 2012 by

The unwritten contract, between customers and coffee house owners: ‘ Yes; you can come in and dry out and warm up- you just have to spend some money in return!’ This is the truth behind why people go to coffee … Continue reading →

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What’s so funny?

Posted on April 29, 2012 by

We were involved in organising a small conference on social media marketing. The secret of which turned out to be ‘content’ or as we might understand it, being interesting. What gets peoples interest more than anything else? Things people find … Continue reading →

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Crowd Pullers and Crowd Pleasers Why so many flavours?

Posted on February 12, 2012 by

There seems to be two schools of thought on flavours in coffee shops; well there are three of course because there are still a few unreformed luddites who refuse to acknowledge flavours, but let’s ignore them. One view is that … Continue reading →

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It’s cool to drink milk? Well it’s a great way to get cool!

Posted on June 5, 2010 by

Milk shakes- I think you mean Frappes’ Continue reading →

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Taste of success at UK’s first coffee festival

Posted on May 20, 2010 by

I will be among many who will be able to say ‘we made a little history’ we were at the first coffee festival in the UK Continue reading →

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Bath Coffee Festival- a First

Posted on May 8, 2010 by

combine Telegraph readers, Waitrose shoppers and one of Britain’s most scenic cities and you have the perfect day out Continue reading →

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