Indy Coffee Guide

Together with Peter from and John the we’ve created The Independent Coffee Collective and launched the Save Our Speciality Coffee campaign (SOS) to drive meaningful change across the UK.

We are encouraging independent speciality coffee shops to stand together and be heard. We’ve created a letter template which cafes owners and roastery founders can send to their local MP. This highlights the financial pressures that indie coffee businesses are facing and invites them to visit and find out more.

If you are a cafe or roastery owner, follow the link in our bio to access the letter template right now!

Speciality coffee fans can support the SOS campaign by liking, commenting and sharing. Because who wants to live in a world where the only coffee shops left are part of multinational chains?

Questions with the Indy community.

Ollie is the co-founder of . The bakery crafts some of the most epic cakes and supplies speciality cafes across the South with their edibles (all made with thoughtfully sourced ingredients)🙌🏻

Thanks Ollie and team for being a part of the Indy community☕️

ROSETTAMANIA Latte Art Spectacular was a hit 👊

Huge thanks to everyone who attended and the wrestlers (baristas) for putting on a show for us all. We seriously love bringing the Indy community together and throwing epic events like this one.

Also, a big thanks to for top-notch edibles, .coffee for flavour-popping coffee, for ringside refreshments, for the milk and for hosting us all!

👀 What event would you like to see next?

Highlights from a whistle-stop coffee tour in London. Second edition of the guide coming soon!

* Brunching and velvety flat whites
* Packs-a-punch fruity filter from and flat white matcha . Check out sister site just up the road
* Sun-soaked split shots . Loved the watermelon and peach co-ferments roasted by and perfectly executed by Riff’s baristas.
* cortado to go from .london
* Own-roast decaf and freshly-squeezed juices (the caffeine jitters had clearly creeped in at this point)
* cortados and freshly made bakes to soak up the caffeine via cardamom buns and a lush slab of coffee, chocolate and caramelised coconut cake
* Silky smooth and strawberry-sweet Ethiopian immersion hand brew
* Industrial-cool interiors and a gorgeous own-roast espresso tonic
* Taking a break from coffee with a trending hojicha latte and oozing chicken pesto toastie
* Contemporary brunch feast ’ Chelsea outpost with a cup of coffee (naturally)
* Joined the at Pavillion Road for some silky piccolos to-go
* Ethiopian pourover .londonn
* Hit the Experience Bar to imbibe flavour-popping freeze-distilled flat whites. We plumped for the Diego Colombia (notes of pistachio, cardamom and vanilla) and the Aroma Nativo Colombia (notes of rose, lychee and mango)
* Laminated pastries and an own-roast batch brew , Paddington

Highlights from a whistle-stop coffee tour in London. Second edition of the guide coming soon!

* Brunching and velvety flat whites
* Packs-a-punch fruity filter from and flat white matcha . Check out sister site just up the road
* Sun-soaked split shots Loved the watermelon and peach co-ferments roasted by and perfectly executed by Riff’s baristas.
* cortado to go from .london
* Own-roast decaf and freshly-squeezed juices (the caffeine jitters had clearly creeped in at this point)
* cortados and freshly made bakes to soak up the caffeine via cardamom buns and a lush slab of coffee, chocolate and caramelised coconut cake
* Silky smooth and strawberry-sweet Ethiopian immersion hand brew
* Industrial-cool interiors and a gorgeous own-roast espresso tonic
* Taking a break from coffee with a trending hojicha latte and oozing chicken pesto toastie
* Contemporary brunch feast Chelsea outpost with a cup of coffee (naturally)
* Joined the at Pavillion Road for some silky piccolos to-go
* Ethiopian pourover .londonn
* Hit the Experience Bar to imbibe flavour-popping freeze-distilled flat whites. We plumped for the Diego Colombia (notes of pistachio, cardamom and vanilla) and the Aroma Nativo Colombia (notes of rose, lychee and mango)
* Laminated pastries and an own-roast batch brew , Paddington

We’ll be in and around Central London for a short and sweet coffee crawl this week. Where shouldn’t we miss?

Behind the scenes on a very serious product shoot ☕️

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