{"id":13332,"date":"2016-06-27T10:00:15","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T02:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/?p=13332"},"modified":"2016-10-21T15:08:11","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T07:08:11","slug":"londons-best-now-in-the-philippines-costa-coffee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/location\/philippines\/manila\/londons-best-now-in-the-philippines-costa-coffee\/","title":{"rendered":"London\u2019s Best now in the Philippines: Costa Coffee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The British have arrived! Or, to be more specific, London\u2019s Number One coffee chain: <strong>Costa Coffee.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13336\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/Mocha-Italia.png\" alt=\"Mocha Italia\" width=\"850\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/Mocha-Italia.png 851w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/Mocha-Italia-290x107.png 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/Mocha-Italia-768x284.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>COSTA SIGNATURE. Ladies and gents, meet the coffee blend that\u2019s trumped Starbucks in London\u2026 and soon, the world: the Mocha Italia. Shown here is their signature drink, the Flat White (P150).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Costa Coffee was brought into existence on a gray London day in 1971 by Italian brothers Sergio and Bruno Costa. They\u2019ve been the UK\u2019s number one coffee chain for the past three years, beating out Starbucks, Caff\u00e8 Nero, and Pr\u00eat \u00e0 Manger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Critics in the country have said that their coffee is better (and more affordable) than Starbucks, though there are a few who beg to disagree. One thing is for sure: it\u2019s much more relaxing than the popular American coffee chain, thanks to its beautiful London-inspired interiors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13335\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/frostino.jpg\" alt=\"frostino\" width=\"850\" height=\"314\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>THE ONE. Costa says their best seller is the Flat White, but some coffee lovers say their Frostinos (Ice Blended Coffee) may become their claim to fame. Frostinos are available in four variants (all prices are for Primo): Coffee Cream (P140), Mocha Cream, Caramel Latte Cream, Double Chocolate Cookie Mocha (P150).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Costa has seven\u00a0branches as of October 18:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13338\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/Costa-Eastwood.png\" alt=\"Costa Eastwood\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/Costa-Eastwood.png 672w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/Costa-Eastwood-218x218.png 218w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/Costa-Eastwood-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/Costa-Eastwood-290x290.png 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Eastwood Citywalk 1, Libis, Quezon City<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00b7 Operating hours: 7:00 am to 11:00 pm, Monday \u2013 Thursday and Sunday; 8:00 am to 12:00 mn, Friday and Saturday<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00b7 Contact numbers: 02-374-7047, 02-351-6618<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13333\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/Costa-Rob-Manila.jpg\" alt=\"Costa Rob Manila\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/Costa-Rob-Manila.jpg 960w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/Costa-Rob-Manila-290x163.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/Costa-Rob-Manila-900x505.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/Costa-Rob-Manila-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 G\/F, Pedro Gil Wing, Robinsons Place Manila, Ermita Manila<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00b7 Operating hours: 10:00 am to 9:00 pm, Monday \u2013 Thursday and Sunday; 10:00 am to 10:00 pm, Friday and Saturday<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00b7 Contact numbers: 02-567-0204, 02-354-9606<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13337\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/Costa-BGC.jpg\" alt=\"Costa BGC\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/Costa-BGC.jpg 960w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/Costa-BGC-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/Costa-BGC-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/Costa-BGC-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Unit 103, G\/F, One World Place, 32<sup>nd<\/sup>, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00b7 Operating hours: 8:00 am to 9:00 pm daily<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00b7 Contact number: 02-801-8470<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13334\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/Costa-SM-North.jpg\" alt=\"Costa SM North\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/Costa-SM-North.jpg 960w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/Costa-SM-North-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/Costa-SM-North-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/Costa-SM-North-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 G\/F, The Block, SM City North EDSA, Quezon City<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00b7 Operating hours: 10:00 am \u2013 10:00 pm daily<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14579\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/costa-venice.jpg\" alt=\"costa-venice\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/costa-venice.jpg 480w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/costa-venice-218x218.jpg 218w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/costa-venice-290x290.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2022 Robinsons Selecitons, G\/F, Venice Grand Canal Mall, Cluster B, McKinley Hill Garden Villas, Upper McKinley Rd., Taguig City<br \/>\n\u00b7 Operating hours: 9:00 am \u2013 11:00 pm daily<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 G\/F, Tera Tower, Bridgetown Business Center, Eulogio Rodriguez Jr. Ave. (C5), Quezon City<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00b7 Operating hours: 7:00 am to 8:00 pm, Monday \u2013 Friday<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00b7 Contact number: 02-366-9488<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Garden Courtyard, Robinsons Place Antipolo, Sumulong Highway, Antipolo City, Rizal<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00b7 Operating hours: 8:00 am \u2013 11:00 pm daily<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00b7 Contact number: 02-997-7708<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">For more on Costa Coffee, follow them on social media: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CostaCoffeePH\/\">Costa Coffee Philippines<\/a> on Facebook and @costacoffeeph on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/costacoffeeph\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/costacoffeeph\/\">Instagram<\/a>. Make sure to drop by starting this week, as they\u2019ve got <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spot.ph\/eatdrink\/the-latest-eat-drink\/66748\/costa-coffee-duterte-robredo-20160621\">something interesting cooked up<\/a>: faces of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President-elect Leni Robredo on your cappuccino.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Source:<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourawesomeplanet.com\/awesome\/2015\/06\/costa-coffee-manila.html\"><em>Our Awesome Planet<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/candidcuisine.net\/costa-coffee-manila-philippines\/\"><em>Candid Cuisine<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepickiesteater.net\/2015\/06\/costa-coffee-in-philippines-coffee-goes.html\"><em>The Pickiest Eater<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rappler.com\/business\/features\/101268-uk-costa-coffee-ph\"><em>Rappler<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zomato.com\/manila\/costa-coffee-sm-city-north-edsa-quezon-city\"><em>Zomato<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/looloo.com\/p\/costa-coffee-robinsons-place-antipolo\"><em>Looloo<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spot.ph\/eatdrink\/the-latest-eat-drink\/66748\/costa-coffee-duterte-robredo-20160621\"><em>Spot.PH<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>All photos grabbed from the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CostaCoffeePH\/\"><em>Costa Coffee Philippines<\/em><\/a><em> Facebook page<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The British have arrived! Or, to be more specific, London\u2019s Number One coffee chain: Costa Coffee. COSTA SIGNATURE. Ladies and gents, meet the coffee blend that\u2019s trumped Starbucks in London\u2026 and soon, the world: the Mocha Italia. Shown here is their signature drink, the Flat White (P150). Costa Coffee was brought into existence on a gray London day in 1971 by Italian brothers Sergio and Bruno Costa. They\u2019ve been the UK\u2019s number one coffee chain for the past three years, beating out Starbucks, Caff\u00e8 Nero, and Pr\u00eat \u00e0 Manger. Critics in the country have said that their coffee is better (and more affordable) than Starbucks, though there are a few [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9,12,14,72,86,204,208],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manila","category-quezon-city","category-taguig","category-bonifacio-global-city","category-cafe-resto","category-eastwood","category-ermita","category-sm-north-edsa"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13332"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14580,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13332\/revisions\/14580"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}