Coffee Republic

Though initially the idea of going to coffee chains wasn't really in the plan, a very very cold and crisp evening in Oxford made us rush into Coffee Republic yesterday. And since it is not good to be prejudiced against anything, I thought of going ahead and doing a review of what I learnt from this place as well. As is the plan I had my mocha (to be a fair judge etc.) this time with whipped cream on top of it. Punit had an iced mocha (yes even I was surprised, especially since we took shelter in this place to avoid the freezing temperatures outside!). We sat by the window and relished our mochas as we stared into the busy and bustling with youth Oxford city.

The coffee was good, but somehow very similar to the one you get in Starbucks, or Costa,. Keeping my biases against chains and franchisees aside, I seriously could not really tell any uniqueness in this mocha, although there was nothing wrong with it. It wasn't watery, but it wasn't creamy as well. It was not bad but it was not that great either. The ambiance was again very neutral, nothing really special about that. The only striking difference from private cafes was the amount space it had for itself. It was much more spacious than the last two cafes that we had visited.

And because some my readers (and by that I mean 1 out of the 2 current readers I have!) suggested that I need to put in more pictures and videos to improve the readability of this blog, here is the view of the table top marketing idea from tabletopmedia in this cafe.

Sell Coffee, not your soul