All over our towns and cities, new coffee houses are springing up.

Recent surveys have indicated that both well-run independent coffee shops and also well-run coffee shop chains are doing well and are appreciated by the general public.

It seems we have fallen in love with the coffee culture and are very willing to support a welcoming coffee shop with good quality coffee.

However, some of these coffee shops are more idiosyncratic than others.

We have recently reported on the new penchant for cats in coffee shops   taking the Japanese concept, some coffee shops are now providing kitties on location, to soothe customers and allow them some pet-petting time to de-stress from city life.

And other new coffee shop concepts are around too.

As reported in the Norwich Evening News 24, the Dandy Horse Coffee House has just been opened in Norwich, England and this shop certainly has some unique characteristics.

As well as including a caff, the Dandy horse also has a cinema room, plus a ‘state-of-the-art bike workshop!’

The couple who opened the Dandy Horse have recently moved back to Norwich. Matt Lawford, one of the brains behind the venture, has a long love of bikes and used to repair them when at university   and from there he was inspired to work in the bike industry.

He has now incorporated this love with his coffee shop.

If you are in the area, perhaps you’d like to swing by and see for yourself.