Order a V60 from the printed single-origin list, tasting notes and farm name included, and take a bag of Kiss the Hippo's own-roasted beans home from this Fitzrovia counter.

Kiss the Hippo's own roastery pours named-producer microlots and Cup of Excellence coffees here, with tasting notes on every bag.

Kiss the Hippo's Richmond roastery runs this Soho counter on the same terms, not a licensed spin-off. Every coffee here, blends included, is served with printed tasting notes, and the sourcing reaches Cup of Excellence lots and rare varietals most cafes never touch.

Kiss the Hippo roasts its own coffee, and the Covent Garden baristas will talk you out of the house blend and into a single origin before you've decided what you want.

Tasting notes come standard here, down to producer and process, and the shelf runs from everyday single origins to rare-cultivar and competition lots. Staff talk about all of it like they mean it, not like a script.

Kiss the Hippo runs its own roastery, and the Fulham Pier counter makes that count: flat whites with properly calibrated milk, a riverside seat worth sitting in.

Kiss the Hippo owns the roastery, and the Richmond branch is where you drink the output: single origins on espresso, pour-over on the menu, baristas who'll tell you what's in the bag.