Continuing with my monthly roundups of the London scene… August has seen new openings already and some coffeeshops have come to my attention…. The opening of Lanark Coffee on Hackney Road is one that has been long awaited by those of us who’ve appreciated Greg Boyce’s coffee-making abilities and barista wit and banter at […]
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A new idea: a monthly post of the latest news from the London coffee scene. Not necessarily a gossip column … more the latest developments on the scene. Why? Well, one week this month there were four great coffeeshops opening in one week and I am constantly being asked about the new openings and developments […]
Copenhagen. City of towers. City of cycles. City of architecture. City of shared space. City of food. City of coffee. I visited this friendly, sleepy, delightful city for the first time in April with my family. Coffee was not the main purpose of our trip but, of course, we sought out the best cafes and […]
Stop Stop Press Biju Bubble Tea Lounge opened in Soho in Summer 2014 and have taken London bubble tea to a whole other level with an open bar, two tea espresso machines, cocktail shaking of drinks, all natural flavours and sweeteners and fresh organic milk. Highly recommended. Stop Stop Press Stop Press Yao Yao […]
One of my favourite trios is playing at the Vortex in Dalston on Tuesday February 4th. Stephan is known best as the bassist in Vijay Iyer’s groundbreaking and original trio but plays regularly in his wife Jen Chapin’s trio. Stephan appears at the Vortex with his own Rosetta trio featuring the unique line up of […]
Growing up when I did, Abba were inescapable. They were the mainstream soundtrack to the 1970s in many ways in the UK and elsewhere. I enjoyed their music very much and saw Abba: The Movie in the local cinema. In my later teens ‘pop’ became a dirty word for a while and I moved on […]
Sons of Kemet – All Will Surely Burn Righteously brilliant. You’ve heard nothing like it. Shabaka Hutchings’ sax, flute and clarinet along with two drummers and Oren Marshall’s marvellous tuba. It is jazz but hugely accessible and uncompromising at the same time: echoes of everything from Pharoah Sanders to klezmer clarinet to dancehall to dubstep […]
I’ve organised this by sections: click on the areas to go straight there. West End North, Central and City East South and West My coffee map West End Notes Music Coffee http://notes-uk.co.uk/ 31 St Martins Lane 24th 7.30am-5pm 25th closed Boxing Day 10am-6pm 27-28th 9am-10pm 29th 10am-6pm 30th 9am-9pm NYE 9am-5pm 1st closed Back to normal […]
With the news of the closure of Damson, Fred and Frann, and Salt this week I wondered how many of the third wave/independent/speciality coffeeshops open since the 2008/9/10 revolution had actually closed their doors. I always maintained it was very few, especially given the economic climate but the list is slowly growing. Sometimes places close […]
We had a few days in Amsterdam to holiday, ride bikes and enjoy the city. I knew we’d swing by a few of the espresso bars (being careful with what to call them (in Amsterdam Cafes are generally bars and Coffeehouses are something else entirely)). I came to Amsterdam with few preconceptions about coffee and […]
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