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There is still life out there (just) - Halloween wickedly good treats at Hotel Chocolat.

Liquorice Latte

Variations on a theme hot drinks including liquorice latte, peanut butter hot chocolate and popcorn latte in London street market.

Superior Park Cafe

 The Orchard Cafe in Worcester Woods Country Park has a great menu and good eco-credentials.

Winter Mood

 Press Coffee's hot drinks at Market Hall Victoria @PressCoffee

Tea Lattes

Starbucks features Tea Lattes - steamed milk with added tea powder - Rooibos, Matcha and Red Apple Rooibos

Spookily

Coffee#1 gears up for Halloween with over a month to go

Serve Yourself

 John Lewis see the future at their Oxford Street cafe with multiple self-service hot drink stations

Six Scary Weeks

Coffee#1 gets ready for Halloween(Monday 31 October) in mid-September

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.

Great Cafe

 Victoria Park has a great cafe in the Pavilion - good range of hot and cold drinks

@pavilionvicpark

Coconut Milk Latte

Starbucks has a new expression of latte with coconut milk at a 40p premium

£1 Pimp

 Zizzi pimps your prosecco with passionfruit or strawberry and peach and your hot drink with a giant marshmallow or salted caramel syrup for £1 extra.

@WeAreZizzi

Mull that Sale

Attractive presentation to capture mulled wine sales at Shakespeare's Globe Foyer Cafe Bar

Hot Nuts

Nutella hot chocolate at University of Warwick's Atrium Cafe

Beefy

Bovril and Buttered Toast - simple old-fashioned appeal at the Black Country Living Museum and popular too. @BCLivingMuseum

Flu-Fighter

Really clever and topical hot drink idea from Moosh in Carnaby Street - Flu-fighter orange, lemon, ginger, honey and nutmeg.  Worth every penny of £3.80 if you have the lurgy.

Making Much of Halloween?

Cafes in Tokyo really feature Halloween. Have you?

Our Great Cafes Blog readership travel far and wide to get those cafe stories - many thanks to Claire Martinsen of Breckland Orchard drinks.

IFE 2013

It's that time of year to eat the most extraordinary range of foods in a couple of hours - the International Food & Drink Event at Excel.  What caught the eye this year:

Halal Beef Bacon - popular in Dubai and possibly worth trying to attract the Halal market for a Bacon Butty here.

Really innovative and one to watch if they can create a market - Fruitbroo hot drinks - from the guy who created and sold Clipper tea.  An alternative to tea and coffee with flavours such as Apple & Rhubarb and Honey & Lemon.

Salmon sold and steamed on a cedar plank from DJM Food Solutions

More to come over the next few days.

Seriously German About Bread

Bakehaus' bakery cafe in Hammersmith has some interesting ideas including out front production.

Self-serve hot drinks and quality tea

Some new pastries that may be common in Germany but aren't usually seen over here

O2, Oh Dear

Really well presented fast food - at the O2

Now when will they sort out the milk powder cappuccino coffee?