Proper Coffee

Grounded Manchester CICLevenshulme, Manchester

★★SpecialtyProperly excellent

Cringle Park0.0 mi from Levenshulme centrelast reviewed April 2026

A shipping container cafe in Cringle Park, run as a community enterprise with a barista training programme. The social mission and the coffee take each other seriously.

The coffee trike that became a Cringle Park institution, still running on Ancoats beans.

4.9★★★★½(55)
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What we love

  • Ancoats Coffee Co on the machine, one of Manchester's better specialty roasters
  • Barista training programme built into the CIC model
  • Started as a mobile coffee trike; the coffee-first ethos carried through
  • Some produce grown on-site

Location

Cringle Park, 71 Errwood Rd, Manchester M19 2QH, UK

0.0 mi from Levenshulme centre

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