"The beans in your cup were roasted metres away, on a street market in Islington. That's not a selling point, it's just what's happening here."
4 Chapel Market, London N1 9EZ, UK
The in-house roastery dictates the menu, not the other way around. Come for single-origin filter and leave with a bag of whatever they're running this week.
A roastery cafe on Upper Street where the coffee is the whole point. Medium-roast espresso that earns the 'best on Upper St' comparison from regulars who know the difference.
Rotating specialty retail from origins around the world, with a filter programme that follows the stock. The kind of shop where you leave with beans as often as a coffee.