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London Calling: Our Top Seven London Coffee Shops

May 25, 2022 By Michael Leave a Comment

In 2009 Gwilym Davies changed the coffee world with a simple concept: the disloyalty card. 

Rather than rewarding his customers for only coming to Prufrock– then a pop-up inside a boutique – the reigning World Barista Champion offered a free drink for visiting 8 other London cafés. Almost like a caffeinated scavenger hunt, the disloyalty card served to highlight and support London’s burgeoning specialty coffee community. 

13 years later few of those cafés are still open and, to our knowledge, Davies isn’t involved with Prufrock anymore. But what hasn’t changed is that London still has one of the most diverse and exciting café scenes in the world. 

After a four year absence, we were excited to visit London to see how the coffee scene has grown and evolved since our last visit. These were our seven favorite (or should we say favourite?) cafés….

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Filed Under: Coffee Shop Reviews Tagged With: Curve Coffee Roasters, London, Prufrock Coffee, Square Mile Coffee

Where to Get Coffee in Nicosia, Cyprus

October 28, 2019 By Michael 1 Comment

Most visitors to Cyprus come for the Mediterranean island’s sunny weather and immaculate beaches. Nicosia, the country’s landlocked capital, rarely even gets so much as a stopover. With the international airport in Larnaca, most tourists have no incentive to make the trek to Cyprus’s largest city. But those who travel inland will find a bustling coffee scene well worth skipping a beach day. These were four of our favorite place to have coffee in Nicosia. …

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Filed Under: Coffee Shop Reviews Tagged With: Cyprus, Greek coffee, Nicosia, Square Mile Coffee, Taf Coffee, Turkish coffee

Three Great Places to Get Coffee in Den Haag

October 3, 2019 By Michael Leave a Comment

Amsterdam has been one of our favorite cities for visiting coffee shops– er — cafés since before we even started this website. But there’s a lot more to the Netherlands than just its capital.  Perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in Den Haag. The coastal city might be best known as the home of the International Court of Justice, but it’s also boasts a growing number of specialty coffee shops, serving up the best roasters from the Netherlands and beyond. Although we weren’t able to visit every café on our list, there were three of our favorites. …

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Filed Under: Stories Tagged With: Bocca, Den Haag, Holland, La Cabra, Square Mile Coffee, the Netherlands

Cafe Review: Upshot Espresso in Sheffield

May 16, 2014 By Michael Leave a Comment

Upshot Espresso Sheffield

Good coffee doesn’t happen by accident. Intentional farming practices, skillful roasting, and precise brewing are just a few of the mind boggling number of variables that must be in place to produce a delicious cup of coffee. As such, we don’t usually find great cafes by accident either. Most coffee shops we visit were either recommended by trusted friends or renowned in the specialty coffee community. This makes our first visit to Upshot Espresso all the more serendipitous….

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Filed Under: Coffee Shop Reviews Tagged With: Aeropress, England, Sheffield, Square Mile Coffee, Upshot Espresso, Workshop Coffee, Yorkshire

London Coffee Crawl: Five Proper Shots of Espresso

August 1, 2013 By Michael 4 Comments

TAP Coffee London

Photo by Ben Willis

London Calling

The English may stereotypically be tea-drinkers, but in recent years London has emerged as a coffee powerhouse with few rivals. Since London hosted the World Barista Championship in 2010, the cafe scene …

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Filed Under: Coffee Shop Reviews Tagged With: Association Coffee, England, Fernandez and Wells, Hasbean, London, Look Mum No Hands!, Square Mile Coffee, Synesso Hydra, TAP coffee, Workshop Coffee

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