"High Grade roasts its own beans on Brick Lane and the baristas will pour you a taste before you commit to an order. One of the more considered specialty operations in East London."
The Old Truman Brewery Courtyard, 91 Brick Ln, London E1 6QL, UK
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.