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Kiss the Hippo Coffee

★★★ Purist

London · 7 locations

Kiss the Hippo roasts its own beans at a Richmond roastery and runs every London counter on the same terms: rotating single origins across espresso and filter, a proper V60-to-Chemex brew menu, and baristas who'll steer you toward the origin before the house blend.

Locations

Fitzrovia

★★★ Purist

Kiss the Hippo Coffee · 36 Berners St

Order a V60, read the tasting note while it brews, and take a bag home. Kiss the Hippo roasts its own beans and brings the full programme to this Fitzrovia corner.

Shoreditch

★★★ Purist

Kiss the Hippo Coffee · 145 City Rd

Kiss the Hippo runs its own roastery and this Shoreditch branch is where you taste the full picture. Rotating single-origin lots on both espresso and filter, baristas who know what's in the hopper and why.

Soho

★★★ Purist

Kiss the Hippo Coffee · 30 Golden Square

Kiss the Hippo roasts in Richmond and runs this Soho counter on the same terms: rotating single origins, seasonal espresso blends, and a manual brew menu from V60 to Chemex. This isn't a branded spin-off; it's the roaster, in Soho.

Covent Garden

★★★ Purist

Kiss the Hippo Coffee · 24 New Row

Kiss the Hippo roasts their own, and the baristas at the Covent Garden branch are the kind who steer you toward the single origin before you've finished asking.

Fitzrovia

★★★ Purist

Kiss the Hippo Coffee · 51 Margaret St

Tasting notes name the producer and the process, the filter menu rotates, and the staff can walk you through either. Come with a question.

Fulham

★★ Specialty

Kiss the Hippo Coffee · Stevenage Rd

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.

Richmond

★★ Specialty

Kiss the Hippo Coffee · 21 Sheen Rd

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.