A special episode about Nick’s epic Costa To Costa walk to raise £5000 for Chelmsford Foodbank. Disclaimer: Nick doesn’t know about coffee or bleaching beans or anything - Costa Coffee DO NOT bleach their beans, but it sounds funny. Nick visited 33 Costa Coffees in Chelmsford on foot! Nick walked 27.01 miles, which took 12 hours. Now some Costa To Costa artefacts are in The Museum of Chelmsford. Stuff from now is the old shit of the future. The beautiful handmade posters that supporters (Candy Joyce, Elaine Tribley, Jen Flint) made are in the museum. Community support, and people involved in it are legends. Should The Museum of Chelmsford have a mannequin of Costa Man? YES! Suzi Quattro’s bass in the museum. Peak Costafication. Chelmsford is the Costa Capital of the WORLD! Chelmsford now has 37 Costa Coffee outlets, 2 new ones since Nick visited 33 on 10/12/2025. Nick has a 2:2 Geography degree which helped with map planning. The dangers of drinking too much coffee early in the morning in a ski suit onesie. Costa Man was entirely powered by Costa drinks and food - bacon rolls, millionaire shortbread and choc chip cookies. Nick does not like coffee at all. What would an athlete do? Probably drink one water at least. How do Costa heat water up hotter than boiling to lava temperatures? Scolding hands with hot liquid. More blister than foot. Getting a square blister. Why donating money to foodbanks is very useful for them. Costa Coffee’s donation of 10 x £5 vouchers. Costa To Costa was the greatest adventure to ever happen in Chelmsford! But also it was a performance art critique on capitalism and the homogenisation of the high street. Nick doesn’t know coffee names or coffee culture. Costa should serve the finest Civet Cat coffee from civet cat poo. Costa staff were awesome all day! Sledging through the Costa drive thru on Eagle Way. How do you have these crazy ideas? NICK? The helpers’ high, and how doing good makes you feel good. How to donate to Foodbanks. Random encounters on the street. The Costa to Costa legacy: 1, make people think about the foodbank and why people use it. What do foodbanks need. Food poverty awareness. 2, make people think about consumerism and capitalism, and support independent shops.

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Are You Creative? recorded by Adam at Lawker Media, Chelmsford, ESSEX
Edited by Nick Hearne
Artwork by Alpaca Antenna

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