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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ok, it hit the streets, shops and cafes in July but you might have missed it. Derek Lamberton of Blue Crow Media released the second edition of his print London Coffee Map. For this edition, Derek wanted a collaborative approach so enlisted Chloe Callow, Lee Gaze (coffee maniac and guitarist) and myself to pool out […]
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