Cash is so last Century

Urban Birmingham Church Street has gone cashless because:
- cash costs money counting it, taking it to the bank and staff time
- it's cleaner
- it's faster
- it's safer

Coffee Cup Holder

In an Instagram age those little touchesbmake all the difference; coffee cup holder at 200 Degrees, Birmingham.

Sandwich Wrap

 Paper and string for wrapping sandwiches at 200 Degrees, Birmingham.

Nitro

Nitro iced coffee - coffee infused with nitrogen similar to a soda fountain and apparently nitrogenated coffee is extra smooth and looks a little like a Guinness.  On tap at 200 Degrees, Birmingham and Starbucks.

Feel Good Raw

 200 Degrees and cake offer including Sour Cherry & Hazlenut Raw Bar and Feel Good Granola

Grab Attention

 200 Degrees in Birmingham

Cost Effective Counter

Casual and inexpensive counter design at Yorks, Birmingham

Great Lighting

 200 Degrees gets the importance of lighting.

Perfect To Go

Yorks in Birmingham - one of our previous Cafes of the Year -  has an interesting menu plus £1 filter coffee to go offer.

Clutching an Espresso

 Toilet signage at 200 Degrees, Birmingham

Roasted By Us

 200 Degrees in Birmingham takes its coffee seriously - roasting their own plus coffee classes in their barista school.

No Fire, No Problem

Fire light at 200 Degrees in Birmingham.

Honesty Coffee

 Urban Coffee in Birmingham beats the queues by offering bulk brew coffee in an airpot and 'just pop £2 in the wooden box'.  Wonderful.

Caffeine Dealers & Local Milk Pushers

200 Degrees in Birmingham proudly declare they are "proprietors of distinctive coffee shops and unashamedly proud to be coffee geeks".  Many more stories from here courtesy of my wonderful cafe spy reporter cum Breckland Orchard drink supplier Claire Martinsen.

Bake a Difference

 Oat Brownies, Bakewells and Banana & Nutella Crumble at Faculty, Birmingham

 Salted Caramel & Pecan Brownies

 Lemon & Pistachio Tarts @FacultyCoffee

Show those Beans

 Demonstrating coffee credentials at Java Lounge, Birmingham

@JavaLoungeUK

The Place To Eat

 Cake table as you enter The Place To Eat John Lewis restaurant in Birmingham

 Toasted sandwiches with Benugo influences

 Fun design bottled drinks unit

 Soup station

Compost Cookies

 Compost cookies at Yorks Bakery Cafe, Birmingham  @YorksBakeryCafe - everything in them!

 Chocolate & Pistachio cookies and Banana, Date & Pecan loaf

White Choc & Pecan Blondies

Totally Self-Serve

 Interesting new John Lewis restaurant at New Street Station, Birmingham with two striking self-serve hot drink stations.  This will certainly bust those queues and keep the labour costs down.

Coffee Box

 Jake's Coffee Box, Birmingham

 @jcbbirmingham

 Simple menu, simple back of house

 plus extras