Filter coffee bars in London
Where London takes pour-over and batch brew seriously. Single origins, careful extraction, beans that change with the season.
12 cafés · United Kingdom
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Batch Baby
Housed in the brutalist Rose Lipman Building on De Beauvoir Road since 2021, Batch Baby is one of the most…
Nagare Coffee Spitalfields
Opened in January 2023 inside a Grade II-listed Georgian building from 1790 on Brushfield Street, Nagare brings…
Prufrock Coffee
Prufrock Coffee has occupied 23-25 Leather Lane in Clerkenwell since 2011, earning a reputation as one of London's…
Vagabond N7
Vagabond Coffee's North London outpost in Holloway brings a genuinely multi-roaster approach to a neighbourhood that…
Climpson & Sons
Climpson & Sons has been the anchor cafe of Broadway Market in Hackney since 2002, predating much of London's…
Lodestar Coffee
A beloved neighbourhood cafe on Clarence Road in Lower Clapton, Lodestar rotates through a curated selection of UK…
Nagare Coffee Carnaby
Nagare's West End debut on Newburgh Street just off Carnaby opened in late 2024, extending the brand's…
Origin Coffee Shoreditch
Origin Coffee's Shoreditch cafe at 65 Charlotte Road showcases the Cornwall-based roaster's rotating monthly feature…
Paradox Design + Coffee
Set inside a container unit at Netil House on Westgate Street beside Netil Market, Paradox Design + Coffee combines a…
Profile Coffee Highbury
The Infatuation reviewed Profile Coffee at 1b Highbury Park as a standout addition to North London's specialty scene,…
Scenery Coffee
Located within the Jerwood Space, a Victorian school building repurposed as a rehearsal facility for the performing…
Tapped & Packed
Tapped & Packed on Rathbone Place in Fitzrovia is known for an unusually broad brew method menu, regularly offering…
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