Birds Hill Coffee Southwark

"Birds Hill roasts their own beans on-site, and the owner is usually there to talk you through where they came from and why they taste the way they do. It's the kind of place that makes you realise how much of what you thought you knew about coffee was just guesswork."

What we love

• •In-house roastery: beans are roasted on the premises, not bought in
• •Retail bags of their own 'El Tostador' whole beans available to take home
• •Espresso and flat whites pull a distinctly chocolatey profile, a deliberate roast choice not a happy accident
• •Owner-operator runs the floor and talks sourcing and roasting with genuine depth