Costa Coffee

I have to say I was pretty impressed by this Costa Coffee when I went, though my one problem would be that the sandwiches were pretty anaemic little things for too much money.
The space in here is quite long and narrow, so in a strange way it already feels quite cosy because of this, and it isn’t annoying, it really is just cosy!
I ordered a large Americano, which I think was about £2.30, so towards the higher end of large coffee’s in terms of price, but OH MY LORD it was the biggest, fattest most unforgiving cup of Coffee I have ever seen in my life. I should have expected this, seeing as the assistant asked me whether I would like two mini jugs of milk, because as she said rather hesitantly, the large coffee’s were «rather big». It was served in what really could be best described as a soup bowl, with two handles, and once I’d finished my eye started twitching, my jaw grinding and I was in my own focused and stimulated, blueish world with my laptop for the next hour or so (enjoying the free wifi too).
The staff were all really friendly and on their game so that was nice, especially the younger staff.

This is much more what I hoped for when café chains started opening up all over Britain– tables set up outside for pavement people watching with stimulants (espresso!). This Costa in Lewes has captured the continental appeal of cafés with lots of tables outside, and they stay there even in the cold and rain with the help of an awning (a concrete one but still!). Admittedly you just have wrap up against up the cold. It helps that the café is on on a pedestrian section of the town, so they stretch out the outdoor space, but really just any number of tables and an awning sends the message that it’s time to relax and watch the world rather than participate in it. The staff here are also really on the ball (what ball do they mean?) and keep it fast and tidy.