Princelet St0.4 mi from Shoreditch centrelast reviewed May 2026
A family-run Shoreditch spot where every espresso is pulled on a lever machine, weighed and timed by hand. The name is not decorative.
The lever machine earns its place on the bar.
Ulterior Motives · 16 Jun
London in July runs two clocks. One is the second week at the tennis and the Proms finding their opening night; the other is quieter: six wooden skiffs rowing…
Richaro's Ramblings · 14 Aug
I am writing this from Ponta Delgada, where the coffee in front of me was roasted about four streets away. Normally that is the whole story.
Princelet St0.4 mi from Shoreditch centrelast reviewed May 2026
A family-run Shoreditch spot where every espresso is pulled on a lever machine, weighed and timed by hand. The name is not decorative.
The lever machine earns its place on the bar.
61 Princelet St, London E1 5LP, UK
0.4 mi from Shoreditch centre
Ulterior Motives · 16 Jun
London in July runs two clocks. One is the second week at the tennis and the Proms finding their opening night; the other is quieter: six wooden skiffs rowing…
Richaro's Ramblings · 14 Aug
I am writing this from Ponta Delgada, where the coffee in front of me was roasted about four streets away. Normally that is the whole story.
The room looks borrowed from a Shoreditch tattoo parlour. The espresso is as committed as the aesthetic, which is saying something.
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.
Flying Horse roasts their own beans in Hackney and pours them in Shoreditch, which is as close to the source as you'll get in this corner of the city. Come for the single origins.