Showing posts with label coffee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label coffee. Show all posts

Monday, March 30, 2009

Antipodeans bringing coffee to London

There is one thing I will always be patriotic about and that is that Antipodeans know coffee. It has always been a huge love of mine and a recent month long detox of everything made me realise I truly could give up anything... other than coffee.
So it is great to see more and more cafes popping up with great coffee. Here are just a few and I will continue to add when I can

Dose : kiwi guy near barbican
Flat White: this was the heart of the idea in soho
Milk Bar: flat whites little bro
Lantana: great cafe near Charlotte st
Tina we salute you, just found this little one near Dalston

I have more but I cant find them.... add away

Saturday, December 09, 2006

Using habits or even rituals to sell products

Im not hear to talk about Russell's WW coffee shop meetings. More about my love of coffee (this was reintroduced in Spain as they know how to make strong coffee, where the UK loves tea and struggles with their coffee). Bt it also made me think about not just the coffee but my habitual or ritualistic coffee experience every morning. An ex collegue recently came to the UK and asked. 'Where is your new coffee shop now'. In four separate companies I have worked for, I always find a small nice, local coffee shop, befriend the people there and buy everyone near my desk, there coffees each morning. I feel weird in the morning if I dont do it Its apart of my daily routine, like showering.

I believe that we all have these and in some cases it is our job to break these habits for our clients. Or maybe we could start a ritual that brings comfort to individuals and makes our product standout. Like lime in a Corona, or waiting for your Guiness. Ritualistic consumption is an interesting response to any brief.

Whatever Starbucks or Nero do in their marketing you can't stop or change this habit of mine for the little local guy. (one place actually shut down 6 months after I left that agency)