London - Coffee

AfterEffect · 28 Oct 2012 at 13:46

I quite like sitting in Starbucks doing work and watching the world go by, but it would be nice to find some little hidden independent coffee shops to try out.

Does anybody here frequent any? I've tried Kaffiene which is lovely coffee but there are never any seats free

Theophany · 28 Oct 2012 at 13:48

How I imagine OP:

Cosimo · 28 Oct 2012 at 13:49

London is a big place. Any area in particular?

AfterEffect · 28 Oct 2012 at 13:50

Theophany said:
How I imagine OP:

Not far off tbh. Although it's coding rather than writing

Just too many distractions at home

AfterEffect · 28 Oct 2012 at 13:50

simulatorman said:
London is a big place. Any area in particular?

Preferably around the west end/central area, maybe south bank

Bennie-Mac · 28 Oct 2012 at 14:11

AfterEffect said:
Not far off tbh. Although it's coding rather than writing Just too many distractions at home

Surely there is more distractions in a busy coffee shop? :confused:

Plus you have the added embarrassment of being "that guy" who's taking up a whole table for hours sipping his £1 house coffee.

Flibster · 28 Oct 2012 at 14:19

Aaaaallllrightly then.

Prufrock - Leather Lane *my personal favourite in London*
Department of Coffee - Leather Lane
Caravan - Kings Cross *Not actually tried this one yet, but heard good things from people I trust*
Tapped & Packed - Tottenham Court Road and also at Rathbone Place
Workshop Coffee - Clerkenwell Road
Ozone Coffee - Leonard Street *coffee isn't as good as the above, food is excellent though*
Notes Music & Coffee - Trafalgar Square
DunneFrankowski - Hewett Street *their brewed coffee is superb*
Shorditch Grind - Old Street

That should do for starters.

Sankari · 28 Oct 2012 at 14:23

A good coffee was the one thing I could never find in the UK.

Flibster · 28 Oct 2012 at 14:26

Evangelion said:
A good coffee was the one thing I could never find in the UK.

When?

There's more and more independent places that do good coffee around the place now.

Even out in Nawfuk, where phone lines are made from string and electricity is looked upon with suspicion.

*I'm a Nawfuk boy*

Trifid · 28 Oct 2012 at 14:33

Evangelion said:
A good coffee was the one thing I could never find in the UK.

Were you by any chance looking in places like this?

NathanE · 28 Oct 2012 at 14:35

You'll not get much coding done in a coffee shop. Try a library. Added bonus is you have a knowledge base of books to hand...

TNGL · 28 Oct 2012 at 14:37

Theophany said:
How I imagine OP:

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I lol'd

Raymond Lin · 28 Oct 2012 at 14:39

Nitefly is going to hunt you down and beat you with a stick OP

Nitefly · 28 Oct 2012 at 14:39

Good ones around I've been to in London are:

MacBook's

My Coffee is Significantly More Expensive than Yows

The Snobby *******

No way I can't believe that made the swear filter

AfterEffect · 28 Oct 2012 at 14:42

NathanE said:
You'll not get much coding done in a coffee shop. Try a library. Added bonus is you have a knowledge base of books to hand...

BOOKS?!

Bennie-Mac · 28 Oct 2012 at 14:47

NathanE said:
Added bonus is you have a knowledge base of books to hand...

As opposed to being connected to that little knowledgebase thing called "The Internet"?

Bes · 28 Oct 2012 at 15:08

Cafe Vergano? One near Leicester Square, and one in the Southbank.
Flat Planet? At the top of Carnaby Street.