Official London Coffee Tour

I love a good coffee shop. I’m all about the aesthetics, and to me a good coffee shop will be stylish, cosy and warm in bitterly cold winter months. Plus, good coffee (of course).

What is good coffee? Personally, I always order a latte, and when I remember, I’ll ask for a single shot (my body cannot take two shots, I get all jittery!). A good latte will be milky with a thin layer of milky foam on top, and I love it when baristas serve my latte in a tumbler or in a tea cup rather than the long glasses you get in Costa. I also love it when they add a creative touch and pour the milk in such a way a pattern appears. But most importantly, the coffee must be smooth and milky, and I detest burnt, watery tasting lattes!

Currently my favourite artisan indie coffee shops are Barista on the Other Side (Finchley Rd station), and Tintico (Finchley Central station) – both serve delicious coffee and have lovely, relaxing interiors. I’ve been going to these places for two years now, and the lure of good coffee has inspired me to try as many indie coffee shops in London as I can. And so, I have launched my official London coffee tour.

I have created a list of places I would like to go to (I am always searching Instagram for cool places to add to my list), and will continuously be adding new places as I find more to try. I also love accidently finding hidden gems on my travels – and I’ll always be sure to delay my journey just to have some delicious coffee – that’s how infatuated I am! My plan is to review each and every one of them – rating them on service by staff, quality of coffee, pricing, availability and range of sweet treats, and in some occasions the food. Most importantly, if I enjoy the taste of the coffee and I think it’s worth however many £££ spent, then said coffee shop will get a good rating.

My favourite thing to do in coffee shops is to read. There’s something so satisfying about sitting with a cup of coffee on a nice wide table, with my bits and bobs (notebook at hand and phone) spread out around me, and a cup of hot milky coffee. It’s super relaxing and I feel most at peace during these moments. Another I like to do, is some art. If I find I have time before work, I will get out my pens and draw and colour – and time will pass so quickly when I am in my zone. So for me, drinking coffee is a time to relax, and to forget about the outside world for a while. A lot of my snaps on Instagram will be of coffee with a book, or coffee with a work in progress (or with a notebook when I am writing down ideas).

And now, to reveal my growing list of places I aim to visit:

Artisan Coffee - Soho

Attendant, The

Back on Track Coffee - Wimpole Street

Cable Co - Kensal Rise

Campbell & Syme - Various

Candid Cafe, London

Federation Coffee

Flat White - Soho

Gail's - Temple Fortune

Gentleman Baristas

Hackney Coffee Co - Various

Harris and Hoole - Uxbridge

Insomnia Coffee (could be a chain)

Kaffeine

Kiss the Hippo - Richmond

Mare Street Cafe - Hackney

Notes Coffee - Various (I tried the one in Bond Street Station, and the coffee was delicious!) Origins - Kings Cross

Over Under - Earl's Court

Paper & Cup - Shoreditch/Hackney

Petersham Nurseries - Richmond

Stay Grounded - Farringdon

Streets Coffee - Finchley Road

Swallow Coffee Shop

TAP coffee

Taylor Street Bank

The Canvas, London

The Espresso Room - Covent Garden

Timberyard

White Mulberries

(Note: In Blue are those I have visited - they will be hyperlinked once I've written up reviews)
(Note: This list will be updated over and over as I keep finding new places to try! If you have any reccs, please do leave a comment below)

(Note: There are other places I have been that are not on this list - but I need to track down the names and then I shall add it in!)

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