There’s always lots of discussion and speculation in coffee circles about what can be done to encourage more people to drink quality coffee. So we thought we’d find out. Over the past months we’ve been working with our customers to better understand if a) they wanted to lift the quality of their coffee making, and [...]
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Ben Sherman Recommends
As the recommendation economy works overtime with the popularity of local guides, Ben Sherman delivers on its own terms The teams at Speakeasy Speakeasy & Brew Bar and The Liberty of Norton Folgate were greeted by the well groomed lads from their local Ben Sherman shops with this new local guide, Ben Sherman Recommends. The [...]
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Life in the Village: Speakeasy in Colliers International’s Summer Retail Report
Hannah White from estate agents Colliers International discusses central London retail trends, using Speakeasy Espresso & Brew Bar as an example of life in the village. Lowndes Court is certainly now one of my personal favourite spots to relax in the heart of the West End.
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Chancery Lane Coffee: A Work In Progress
Chancery Lane Coffee Last December we ran a customer survey at Department of Coffee and Social Affairs. We wanted to better understand what people thought about us. The survey gave us two very clear messages: 1) Don’t you dare to change anything; we like things just the way they are thank you, and 2) It’s [...]
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Today we open The Liberty of Norton Folgate. It’s a coffee shop like no other.
At the edge of the City of London, just before Shoreditch, Bishopsgate runs out and becomes ‘Norton Folgate’. Despite being a major artery into the City, it’s obscure. So obscure that I’m yet to meet a single cabbie that knows where it is. In fairness, the present day Norton Folgate runs for just one block. [...]
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Speakeasy Espresso & Brew Bar
Speaking and listening Coffee is a social drink, and coffee shops are social environments. Coffeesmiths is always taking inspiration from London’s last coffee heyday in the post-War period as a springboard to explore what a coffee shop can and should be in the contemporary context. The success of Department of Coffee and Social Affairs has [...]
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Albam Angels
To mark the arrival of the festive season and the opening of their new Seven Dials shop, Albam Clothing commissioned friend and illustrator Zoë Barker to draw a series of Christmas jersey clad guys enjoying the season. Drawn in her distinct and considered style with beautiful line work, it’s always a pleasant surprise to stumble [...]
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