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LIFT COFFEENotting Hill, LondonLIFT COFFEE

★★★PuristDestination coffee

Kensington Church St0.4 mi from Notting Hill centrelast reviewed May 2026

LIFT roasts its own beans under a numbered lot system, naming producers down to the lot rather than hiding behind a house blend. The espresso reads funky and fruity, the kind of cup you describe by what's happening in it, not by the street it's on.

The Notting Hill espresso bar that names its producers down to the lot.

4.7★★★★½(679)
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Roasts on-siteSingle originsPour-overBeans to go

What we love

  • Own roastery selling beans under a numbered lot system, with producers named to the lot
  • Single origins sold as retail beans from the counter
  • V60 and other manual brews available alongside espresso
  • Baristas weigh milk for iced lattes, a precision touch most espresso bars skip

Location

133 Kensington Church St, London W8 7LP, UK

0.4 mi from Notting Hill centre

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