You can’t beat a good, honest chat over a cup of coffee

Coffee-drinking rode out the recession, and its enduring popularity means new entrants to the market, such as Frank and Honest, have to find a new angle, writes Jonathan deBurca Butler

Ireland is in the midst of another boom. Thankfully, this is one boom that is unlikely to bring to the economy to a shuddering halt. If anything, it is keeping the whole show going, and the outlook for the future is getting tastier by the day.

Coffee has become something of a phenomenon among Irish consumers in recent years. Three quarters of us now drink it, with seven in 10 drinking more than one cup a day.