When Richard Worthington launched his Coffeeheaven chain in Poland nine years ago, the takeaway paper coffee cup, so loved by urbanites in the US and the UK, was nowhere to be seen on the streets of Warsaw. The idea was even frowned on by some Varsovians.

“We got people saying ‘I don’t want to drink coffee from an American paper cup’. They were used to drinking from porcelain and the only way we could make our business profitable was if we were to develop takeaway.