Finally, some great coffee
March 27, 2008
I have had a lot of coffee around London, and it is all fairly uniformly just okay. Even the places that use good beans often mess it up by not actually knowing what to do with them. And of course the chains are no better: Cafe Nero coffee has its own strange burnt parsnip flavor, and everything Starbucks makes seems to end up tasting like vanillin.
I have also had more lukewarm coffees here than I care to count, mostly because everyone is in a rush and good hot coffee takes time. In case anyone hasn't noticed, it can tend to be a bit chilly in London, so you would think that people might actually want their coffee, say, hot. Market Coffee House takes the time necessary to make a great cup of coffee, and the result is well worth the wait. Plus the atmosphere is charming and olde fashioned and they make nice crusty toast, which is always a bonus.
Tags: coffee, breakfast, toast, espresso