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Nearly any sane person stepping up to the bar at The Old Brewery in Greenwich would spot the taps for Meantime London, lick his or her lips and think ‘great brews’. The name is already a clue this new establishment has something to do with beer.
Only a certified cafenatic would look between those taps, spot a La Marzocco espresso machine, lick his lips and also think great brews, albeit of another kind. [Read more...]
The concept of a restaurant that roasts its own coffee beans would turn few heads in the capital of New Zealand. Wellington now counts more coffee roasters than surfing instructors amongst its population of 180,000.
“Actually there are no good waves in Wellington,” says chef Miles Kirby (at right in photo), co-owner of Caravan, a new restaurant roastery on London’s Exmouth Market.
“Bit cold in Wellington for surfing,” adds Chris Ammermann, Kirby’s partner and fellow expat.
Who knew?
Perhaps thwarted in their search for surging breakers between the banks of the Thames, Kirby and Ammermann have caught another kind of Antipodean-ridden wave – the third wave of coffee in London. They’ve installed a 10-kilo coffee roaster in the basement of Caravan, making it the first restaurant in the UK to also practice trade as a coffee roaster, shop, retailer and wholesaler. [Read more...]
