Buggie

 AMT's bacon and egg in a roll

Local Connection

Costa point out their local connection - From our London Roastery to where you the customer lives

Milk the Difference

Mini refillable milk bottles at Yorkshire Arboretum, Castle Howard speed service, offer more than just the measly milk jigger of milk and are a point of difference

Good Afternoon

Projector signage with clock and time appropriate greeting at Pret in Berkeley Square by Pixel Inspiration.  See http://www.pixelinspiration.co.uk/clients/pret-a-manger/

Biscuits, not Flowers

 
 Biscuiteers feature amazing iced biscuits by post

@BiscuiteersLtd

Inspiration for cafes to differentiate their offer?

Made Daily

The Peerie Shop Cafe in Lerwick, Shetland delivers all the right messages:
Made to order - Freshly made - Baked every morning - All made daily - Freshly roasted
@peerieshopcafe

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.

Matcha

 Matcha Croissants and Pain au Chocolate at Soboro in Cambridge

Feel Good Raw

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

Fruit Sandwich

Soboro Bakery in Cambridge with fruit sandwich

Spookily

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

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.

Keep it Cold

Wild Strawberry Cafe at Peterley Manor Farm, Gt Missenden keeps it simple - free cold water.

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.

Iced Chocolat

Hotel Chocolat's iced frappes in four flavours

What The Fork

What The Fork cafe in Douglas, Isle of Man

Lord Lucan

 

How to explain away, with humour, that your coffee machine is not working

Spiralised Salad

 Wholefoods is switched on about salad trends - Raw Pasta Salad with courgettes, carrots, basil, cashews, pumpkin seeds and dressing (and no pasta!) and a take on Quinoa Salad.

Spiralised Butternut Squash and Beetroot

Pearls of ... Beetroot

 Skinny Beetroot 'Pearls' - mini sponges piped with a quark based cream cheese frosting from the Skinny Bakery @SkinnyBakery

 Chocolate 'Pearls' - mini sponges piped with tofu-yoghurt chocolate frosting

Feel Inspired

 Pure offers water on tap and healthy breakfasts - wholegrain croissants, eggs and smoked salmon, bacon and avocado toasted bagel.