King's Cross Rd0.4 mi from King's Cross centrelast reviewed May 2026
A short walk from King's Cross station, worth the detour when the alternative is a station-chain coffee before your train.
A self-roasting counter that turns a King's Cross rush into a coffee stop.
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.
King's Cross Rd0.4 mi from King's Cross centrelast reviewed May 2026
A short walk from King's Cross station, worth the detour when the alternative is a station-chain coffee before your train.
A self-roasting counter that turns a King's Cross rush into a coffee stop.
121 King's Cross Rd, London WC1X 9NH, UK
0.4 mi from King's Cross 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.
Down a stairwell inside King's Cross station, past the ticket hall and the Harry Potter shop, sits a full roastery-run espresso bar with beans rotating by the week. Tell the team what you're after and they'll point you to the right cup.
Their own Colombian single-origins, roasted at the brand's own roastery and traceable to named producers, poured from a takeaway kiosk by the station. It's the kind of pedigree you don't expect from a coffee grabbed on the way to a train.
Origin is one of the UK's most serious independent specialty roasters, and their British Library outpost pulls espresso and filter that actually match what the brand promises.