It may just be where I go, but with one or two exceptions, none of the coffee shops I know offer a choice of coffee. They will certainly offer a choice of style - americano, latte, espresso, cappuccino and so on - but they do not offer a choice of bean, which seems to be what everyone here is talking about. The coffee shops I went to in my youth did offer different beans, but not style.

There was a news report recently where Costa (I think) have decided not to open a branch in a town which had some 400 independent coffee shops. After the interview with one of them the report asked what coffee they would recommend and got cappuccino as the answer. Very disappointing that the bean appeared not to matter ...