Living with a Costa Coffee addiction
Saying that it’s a Costa Coffee Addiction is possibly overselling it. I prefer to say that I have an affinity with the UK’s most popular coffee shop company.
Thanks to an inner geekiness, and a keen embracing of FourSquare which allows you to log in to places and keep track of where you have been, I am able to say with certainty that I have visited more Costa Coffee shops than most.
I started using FourSquare about six or so years ago. Since then it shows that I have visited at least 220 different Costa stores. I can add to that the stores that I know for a fact I have been to but don’t appear on the list.
My (geeky) Excel sheet showing the Costas visited.
My job is primarily field based, and it covers a large section of the East of England. Stopping off at a Costa is an ideal opportunity for me to complete paperwork and generally catch up on emails.
Covering such a large area of the country means that my Costa-list is growing weekly. What started out as a joke among friends (who had estimated that I’d visited somewhere between 40 and 70 stores a year or so ago) has now grown into a caffeine-fuelled game which sees me sometimes driving out of my way to visit a new Costa store to tick off of the list.
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I’ve often written to Costa (whose Twitter team are excellent, by the way) to try and entice them into working with this blog in some capacity, to no avail.
Foursquare. Yet another way to geek myself happy,
I’ve just visited my 225th Costa Coffee store, and I’ve no doubt that I’ll soon break through the 250 barrier. I know that there are something like 1,900 Costa Coffee stores in the UK, meaning I’m only a fraction of the way through them.
Some people collect stamps. Some collect stickers. I collect Costa points. And I love it.
by DannyUK
Wow. That’s a lot of coffee. Respect!
Haven’t been to a Costa Coffee for ages.
I love Costa Coffee – their Chai Latte is my favourite!
I’m with you on the addiction front, Danny, but tend to stick to the same handful of branches.
I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have my favourite branches, I’ll admit!
Wow and I thought I was a coffee addict!!
Yes, I know a few other people who suffer from this problem!
I too am addicted to Costa, this week I joined slimming world and found that my wonderful Latte is 15 syns a cup (that is the whole days allowance!) swapping to skinny and it is only 5 but still, once i start my new job in 2 weeks I shall be having to cut down!!
I cannot believe how many you have been to, that is awesome and I’m sure deserves some type type of blogger outreach sponsorship from Costa LOL!!
I save my points for Xmas shopping then all my coffee is free Yay!
u must really love your coffee lol ive never been to a costa been meaning to
I always choose Costa out on the road too! Tassimo have Costa pods btw 😉
Wow that’s a lot of Coffee!
I have such a Costa addition, my Lloyds online banking even gave it it’s own column under the “see how you’re spending your money” page – oops!