Taste test for coffee bars

By Laura Birkin
10 February 2003
Britain's love affair with coffee bars has seen them spring up on almost every street corner with sales worth an estimated £400 million a year, a new survey reveals.

But most of us are left distinctly unimpressed when we are handed our frothy lattes or cappuccinos - believing the quality is poor.

More than 60 per cent of consumers who visited branded coffee bars have admitted they think the product is well below average.

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