Migdalia van der Hoven – drums and percussion J Fashole-Luke – keyboards Wikus van der Hoven – EWI Philip Wain – bass Composition by Philip Wain Audio mixing by Wikus van der Hoven Video editing by Migdalia van der Hoven I was asked by Well Grounded to create something to celebrate their #supportthe234 project. Well […]
2007 – A World Barista Championship win and the birth of Square Mile You may remember part one of our history of London coffee which set up the backstory before 2000. Part two took us up to the end of 2006. Now, are you sitting comfortably for part three? In January 2007 Jorge Fernandez who had worked alongside Gwilym Davies at Monmouth set up […]
Let’s head back to the start of the Millennium when more people thought that all the computers were really going to stop working than were in search of a decent coffee. What did go down at the Millennium parties was the mobile phone network that simply couldn’t cope. So many spent New Year’s Eve 1999 […]
I wrote this back in 2012 and have often wondered about putting it out there. A Timeline of the rise and rise of London Progressive Coffee. Why do this? Well in the last very few years the independent coffee scene has massively blossomed. When I first got involved I struggled to find 20 decent places, […]
Openings: Kaffeine Eastcastle – Kaffiene – the doyen of cafe hospitality open their second location – Jared has a new kitchen too! Notes Kings Cross – Kings Cross very much a coffee destination – this bar/cafe with mezzanine also serves a fountained square – wine, beer, food and superb Notes Roastery coffee SL28 cafe serving three rotating […]
A lot is happening and a lot is planned soon. Openings: Silhouette – second cafe for Lee and Syirin – I’m excited to get there (near London Fields) Workshop Barrett Street – a new space in Marylebone that has a unique design and unexpectedly great coffee Too Many Cooks Square Mile in SE1! Well, we […]
(Tshirts available from Love and Scandal, Small White Elephant and via Imagine Illustration). Winter has been relatively quiet for openings after the hectic summer and autumn. Newly opened in London however is Barbour and Parlour, the latest opening for the prolific Soho House group. Situated in Redchurch Street (famous in Specialty Coffee History as the […]
After all the busy, busy months we’ve seen recently, October has been somewhat quiet. I’ve spent part of it catching up on the superb cafes such as Commune at Goodhood and the Hubbard and Bell that opened in September. News this month includes the UK launch of A Film About Coffee by Brandon Loper. Screenings […]
It’s been a busy month so this month’s news is necessarily brief. London’s Best Coffee Derek and the team have worked hard on this one and it’s great to see London’s Best Coffee app in website form. Not only are all the cafe reviews here with some great new photos but also news stories most […]
London bubble tea taken to another level Biju opened recently right in the heart of Soho on Old Compton Street. The shop is bright, airy and the large glass windows encourage passers-by in to what might be their first taste of bubble tea. Seating is unusual with boxlike layers of cork and bright coloured […]
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