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Dark Woods Coffee x RuffiansCovent Garden, London

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Maiden Ln0.2 mi from Covent Garden centrelast reviewed May 2026

Yorkshire's Dark Woods Coffee pours out of a Covent Garden barber shop; the collaboration is real, not cosmetic.

Dark Woods is a real Yorkshire specialty roaster, not a branding exercise.

4.8★★★★½(110)
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What we love

  • •Dark Woods Coffee, Leeds-based specialty roaster with real UK presence, supplies the beans
  • •Espresso-based menu, flat whites the main order
  • •Inside Ruffians barber shop on Maiden Lane, Covent Garden
  • •Sam behind the bar, engaged rather than transactional

Location

27 Maiden Ln, London WC2E 7JS, UK

0.2 mi from Covent Garden centre

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