{"id":14560,"date":"2012-11-27T15:07:59","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T15:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=14560"},"modified":"2012-11-27T15:07:59","modified_gmt":"2012-11-27T15:07:59","slug":"local-coffee-shop-condemns-chains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2012\/11\/27\/local-coffee-shop-condemns-chains\/","title":{"rendered":"Local coffee shop condemns chains"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A local coffee shop owner has warned that the invasion of coffee chains could soon envelope the authenticity of the traditional Italian coffee shop.<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_14599\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/11\/IMG_2077-480-220.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14599\" title=\"week8_culture_Large_AQ\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/11\/IMG_2077-480-220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/11\/IMG_2077-480-220.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/11\/IMG_2077-480-220-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14599\" title=\"week8_culture_Large_AQ\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/11\/IMG_2077-480-220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/11\/IMG_2077-480-220.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/11\/IMG_2077-480-220-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coffee: the authentic way!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With the emergence of Coffee Number 1 in Cardiff to rival perennial coffee powerhouses Starbucks, Costa and Caf\u00e9 Nero, the presence of the traditional coffee shop is in danger of being lost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hugely disagree with the claims of authenticity from the big chains out there,\u201d says Dan Patching, owner of The College House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe multi-national company cannot possibly replicate the authenticity of smaller, more focused shops like us, and it is up to places like us to stay unique.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patching\u2019s warnings come as Starbucks has recently become enveloped in a tax-evasion row by allegedly falsely declaring losses to save payment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe><\/iframe><\/noscript><br \/><small>View <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/maps\/ms?msa=0&amp;msid=208347743047170644726.0004ceff691f891c5660c&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=51.493361,-3.189227&amp;spn=0,0&amp;t=m&amp;source=embed\" style=\"color:#0000FF;text-align:left\">The College House<\/a> in a larger map<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A local coffee shop owner has warned that the invasion of coffee chains could soon envelope the authenticity of the traditional Italian coffee shop. With the emergence of Coffee Number 1 in Cardiff to rival perennial coffee powerhouses Starbucks, Costa and Caf\u00e9 Nero, the presence of the traditional coffee shop is in danger of being lost. \u201cI hugely disagree with the claims of authenticity from the big chains out there,\u201d says Dan Patching, owner of The College House. \u201cThe multi-national [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":14723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[2603,275,264,2483,2604,2605],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-14560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-chains","tag-coffee","tag-culture-2","tag-italian","tag-multinational","tag-the-college-house"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Local coffee shop condemns chains - alt.cardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2012\/11\/27\/local-coffee-shop-condemns-chains\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Local coffee shop condemns chains - alt.cardiff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A local coffee shop owner has warned that the invasion of coffee chains could soon envelope the authenticity of the traditional Italian coffee shop. 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