Bruno & Sergio Costa set up their famous coffee roastery in Lambeth, London in 1971, supplying local caterers and Italian coffee shops with an exciting coffee, slow-roasted the Italian way. People couldn’t get enough of it and by 1978 the first Costa espresso bar opened in Vauxhall Bridge Road in London. To this day Costa still use the same method of slow-roasting the coffee beans, serving the brothers’ authentic blend of 6 Arabica beans to 1 Robusta in over 500 coffee shops all over the world. To serve the best coffee in the true Italian style, we focus on quality control at every stage of the coffee making process from bean to cup. Unlike any other coffee company in the UK, we have our own roastery to ensure our unique blend is perfect every time. Costa Coffee is part of Whitbread PLC, which is the UK's leading hospitality company, managing the number one brands in hotels, restaurants and health and fitness clubs, including Premier Travel Inn, Brewers Fayre, Beefeater, Costa and David Lloyd Leisure.