{"id":6169,"date":"2015-03-17T13:18:31","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T13:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=6169"},"modified":"2015-03-17T13:18:31","modified_gmt":"2015-03-17T13:18:31","slug":"first-suspended-cofffee-shop-opens-in-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/17\/first-suspended-cofffee-shop-opens-in-cardiff\/","title":{"rendered":"Hang out in the first suspended coffee shop open in Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE first Suspended Coffees are hanging in the Welsh capital.<br \/>\nThe Boardroom Coffee, a skate and surf themed coffee shop that opened in Duke Arcade on Saturday March\u00a014, is the first business in Cardiff to participate in the international scheme Suspended Coffees.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6192\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6192\" style=\"width: 405px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/CF_Suspended5_print.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"  wp-image-6192\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/CF_Suspended5_print-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"CF_Suspended5_print\" width=\"405\" height=\"268\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-6192\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/CF_Suspended5_print-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"CF_Suspended5_print\" width=\"405\" height=\"268\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> The Boardroom Coffee in Duke Arcade<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">The scheme was born from an Italian tradition in working-class cafes in Naples, where someone who experienced\u00a0good luck during the day would order a caff\u00e8 sospeso, buying two coffees as a result. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">The second &#8220;suspended coffee&#8221; would be served later during the day to a person who really needed it. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">John Sweeney, an Irishman from Cork, launched a social movement called Suspended Coffees in March 2013 which encouraged businesses to take on the scheme and which has now spread around the world.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Its motto reads: \u201cA suspended coffee is the advanced purchase of a coffee or food item for anyone in need. A cup of coffee can warm the body but kindness can warm the heart and soul.\u201d <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Two years after the creation of the social movement, Caroline Nieuwenhuis, 24, who runs the Boardroom Coffee, decided to introduce the scheme in Cardiff and served the first suspended coffee to a homeless person on Sunday.<\/span><br \/>\nMiss Nieuwenhuis said: \u201cI have seen the scheme in a few places when I was travelling and I think it\u2019s a nice idea, especially in the cold months the least you can do is get someone a coffee and brighten their day. It\u2019s a way of making the act of buying a coffee less selfish.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cI want to get in touch with charities like the Salvation Army to spread the word that we are doing this for people on the streets who wouldn\u2019t otherwise come into a coffee shop.\u201d<br \/>\nMiss Nieuwenhuis was born in Cardiff but has\u00a0a passion for surfing. 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