In the second in a series of posts about favourite spots to find ‘proper’ coffee, Derek Lamberton, publisher of London’s Best Coffee app, ventures west of Regent Street where quality cafes are few and far between
Searching for quality coffee shops west of the west end is like searching for a Starbucks in Shoreditch: they exist, but nobody seems to care. The west’s exclusion from the tidal wave of speciality coffee that has recently hit London is either a reflection of poor taste or pure obstinacy. Despite all this, a handful of brave baristas grind away each morning bringing excellent coffee to those enlightened west Londoners who only enter coffee chains to use the loo.
