Coffee

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London Blend: Taste Of Bitter Love

Our continuing, caffeine-fuelled quest to explore the finer coffee shops in London. Packed into a challengingly small space on Hackney Road, Taste Of Bitter Love may share a name with a lachrymose song by Gladys Knight and the Pips, but the experience is anything but …

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London Blend: Dose Espresso

Snug lil Dose Espresso (69 Long Lane, EC1A 9EJ), situated on the south side of Smithfield Market on the outer edge of the City of London, is high on our list of destinations for a robust shot of flavourful and potent caffeinated gorgeousness. Not just …

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Starbucks To Scale Back London Stores

Anti-globalisers and fans of Naomi Klein, rejoice — the wave of Starbucks has broken and may be receding back down the shore. The Seattle-based company is closing a number of its London stores, which has one of the greatest concentrations of Starbucks cafes in the …

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London Blend: Chewie’s

Our continuing, caffeine-fuelled quest to show you some of our favourite coffee shops in London. A small but charming coffee shop in Belsize Park, Chewie’s, is a welcome addition to the coffee revolution that is currently stimulating the city. This shop is special not only …

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Free Coffee This Week at Giraffe

From this morning through to Friday the 18th, a handful of Giraffe restaurants throughout the UK will be offering free coffee between the hours of 8am and 10am. London locations are the Brunswick Centre and High Street Wimbledon Giraffe restaurants. Choose from an 8oz latte, …

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London Blend: Tina, We Salute You

Our continuing, caffeine-fuelled quest to show you some of our favourite coffee shops in London. What brings a neighbourhood to life is ultimately the people. In this tiny corner of what is still officially Islington, somewhere between Dalston and Newington Green, it’s a girl, that …

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London Blend: Local Hero

Our continuing, caffeine-fuelled quest to find the best coffee shops in London. previous entries for more Java goodness. Arty cafes like this, full of Fairtrade products and wheat-free rye bread, are a dime a dozen in more central parts of London. But this is Kingston-upon-Thames, …

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London Blend: Tomtom Coffee House

Our continuing, caffeine-fuelled quest to show you some of our favourite coffee shops in London. One of London’s finest cigar emporia, Tomtom of Belgravia, also operates a nearby coffee house, thereby allowing the discerning client to indulge a second vice at leisure. Occupying a privileged …

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London Blend: Nude Espresso

Our caffeine fuelled continuing quest to show you some of our favourite coffee shops in London. Further evidence that the East Side is representing sophisticated coffee drinkers, Nude Espresso, just off Brick Lane, is providing healthy competition to established West Side Kiwi and Australian coffee …

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London Blend: Charlotte!

Cappuccino Our continued quest to show you some of our favourite coffee shops in London. Charlotte’s hot drinks menu may not be very long but anyone would be hard pressed to find a more relaxing spot to enjoy a cup of coffee on a Saturday …

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London Blend: Gwilym Davies

It’s no secret that Kiwi and Australian coffee shops are emerging as the City’s new hot spots for a cup of joe. But a little less known fact is that the best barista in the world, literally, sets up shop in East London. Kiwi Gwilym …