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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Raising the Bar: Chancery Coffee Opens Today
This morning we’re turning on the lights for the public and opening Chancery Coffee. The shop sign features the creatures from the fours Inns of Court that surround Chancery Lane. The shop features the strong use of copper, including these mid-century copper pendants. The background blue was inspired from a wall in Lincoln’s Inn, and [...]
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My Fair Lady
Behind the Scenes Fashion intern Sarah Bonsor reveals her West End favourites in October’s edition of Elle. Elle offered ten winning interns the opportunity to help edit their October issue. It seems like it was a great opportunity to work on a key title and full credit to the intern team for the breadth of [...]
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Førest Fika
In preparation for our Coffeesmiths event Førest Fika as part of the London Design Festival we shot our espresso installation with our collaborator Førest London yesterday in their lovely Clerkenwell shop. The images feature one of our new Rocket Espresso machines, which will be in use at Førest London over the festival, paired with a [...]
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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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A Taste of Leather Lane
Celebrating the rise of one of London’s leading beverage destinations Over the past 18 months Leather Lane has quietly become one of London’s leading beverage destinations. The area has long been well served with whisky specialists The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) and the wine-loving restaurateurs of the Bleeding Heart Restaurants; however, the arrival of [...]
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I Need Somebody, Yelp! Some of my local London favourites for Yelp.
Every London resident curates their own daily experience of the city and many Londoners take pride in introducing their London to others. So it was a delight to put forward a handful of my favourite London businesses for Yelp‘s new video profiles. Shot by the talented Justin Weiler, the series explores quality, independent, retail businesses [...]
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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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A Whale of a Time: Leviathan by Michael Mantis
Street artist Michael Mantis tames the beast and makes his way indoors Boldly marking his return to the London street art scene, Michael Mantis has painted a striking, 12m mural along one side of Department of Coffee and Social Affairs as the background to his exhibition Leviathan. The mural took over two weeks to complete [...]
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Hitting the Bar: Speakeasy Makes The Telegraph’s Best London Après-Shopping Bars
Always a champion of coffee as a social drink, it was with some glee that I noted Speakeasy Espresso & Brew Bar on Chris Mandle’s, of The Telegraph, list of the best bars to frequent after a day’s shopping in the West End. Speakeasy is proving a popular place to escape the hustle and bustle [...]
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