In the UK we have Costa and Starbucks and Nero. Costa is who i work for They are a coffee chain that was opened in soho by italian brothers. I was a barista maestro, but im now called a 'coffee champion' and tomorrow i am taking part in the Barista of the Year first heat competition lol. How fucking depressing is that?
Very depressing. You know I've been an amateur coffee dork for years, yeah? So bad that years ago I was blogging about a local barista championship for the US Western Regionals near my place.
I'm familiar with Costa. They're alright for a chain. What I don't get is their slogan about the best coffee outside of Milan. Milan notoriously has some of the worst espresso in all of Italy, IMO.
Just my take? I always ask first and give the poster a chance. If they don't respond in due time, I take it down. It's rare. But I recently did that to Snoop because he left up an avatar that was a picture of Janna's ass that she took down, and he knowingly abused it to taunt her.