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  • Christmas opening hours

    We are open every day in December except Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Gift subscriptions are available in the café and by email until 18 December.

  • Why we roast on Tuesdays and Fridays

    Coffee needs a few days to rest after roasting before it tastes its best. Roasting twice a week means every bag in the café is between three and ten days old, the sweet spot for most of our coffees.

  • A better V60 in four steps

    1. 15 g of coffee, ground like coarse sand.
    2. Rinse the paper, then bloom with 40 g of water at 94°C for 40 seconds.
    3. Pour to 250 g in slow circles by 1:45.
    4. Aim to finish draining by 3:00. Faster? Grind finer. Slower? Coarser.
  • Guji Natural is back

    Our favourite Ethiopian natural is back for the season. This year’s lot from the Shakiso washing station is the sweetest we have had: think blueberry jam and dark chocolate. Roasted on Tuesdays while it lasts.