The Coffee Club The Coffee Club The Coffee Club is a coffeehouse-style café chain. Originally created in 1989 as a place to get "an excellent coffee", the concept includes cafébar/restaurant stores with expanded menus and full table service. In 2005, The Coffee Club franchise was brought to New Zealand by Brad Jacobs and Andy Lucas opening their first store in Wellington. As of 2016, they have over 60 stores all around New Zealand. In 1989, friends Emmanuel Kokoris and Emmanuel Drivas were searching for a late-night cup of coffee. Their unsuccessful attempt led them to plan a new business venture: The Coffee Club.
Coffee (color) prepared commercially by a barista in a coffee shop is known as a latte. The first recorded use of "cafe au lait" as a color name in English was in 1839. The source of the color "cafe au lait" displayed above right is the ISCC-NBS Color List (see Page C, cafe au lait, color sample #57). The color displayed at right is café noir, also known as black coffee. It is a representation of the color of brewed black coffee. The first recorded use of "cafe noir" as a color name in English was in 1928. The source of the