Have to admit I'm not a fan of coffee shops either. My experiences with the likes of Costa and Starbucks is that they take ages to queue to get something, the many options are too confusing for an innocent like me, and at the end they give me a paper cup of insipid liquid, of which there is far too much, look me in the eye and ask for about three quid or more.
There's a garden centre near us which has a Starbucks franchise inside. Next to it (and they don't make it very clear it's true) they just have a counter belonging to the garden centre itself - separate till, no Starbucks sign hanging over it - where they have a simple coffee machine and a filter jug if you prefer. Everyone queues for Starbucks - the other counter is almost always a ten second wait, a moment for your coffee, it's much nicer, comes in a china cup or mug, and is about £1.20. Can't understand why anyone would prefer the other counter there, but maybe I'm missing something lovely.
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