Rachel Clun & Connie BowkerBusiness reporters, BBC News
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Lucy Williams enjoys a iced strawberry matcha at Blank Street Coffee
Lucy Williams is enjoying an iced strawberry matcha after going with her sister to her niece’s first-ever haircut.
“I feel like a strawberry matcha is a coming out with your sister thing, rather than an everyday thing,” she says.
But you can’t get an iced strawberry matcha – or any kind of matcha at Costa Coffee.
Lucy is at Blank Street Coffee where a rainbow array of matcha drinks have gained the chain a cult following, including celebrity fans Mollie-Mae Hague and Sabrina Carpenter.
Lucy drinks coffee at home every day, but buys a barista-made cup for when she wants a treat.
“There are only certain places I’d go for a coffee,” she says and Costa is not on her list.
Costa’s owner Coca-Cola is reportedly looking to sell the chain, with one analyst suggesting it…
