The Kaffeine Movies – Two short films showcasing what we are all about
A couple of films shot by Kess Bohan
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Cafes
Kaffeine Legend – Sam ‘Boni’ Boniface – Lead Barista
It has been a month since he left, in fact it took a while to get him to leave, as he kept coming back to cover shifts or to do more classes just after his actual real final day. He was meant to finish up at 4 pm on a Friday afternoon (we try to
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London Latte Art Smackdown – #smackdown16 – Round Three
It was a bit of a late start on Friday as either people were running late or they were all at the pub next door getting beers in. However, just on 7:30 we had a full house again with people ramming into our Eastcastle street store to watch 16 brave and fearless baristas competing in
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London Latte Art Smackdown – #smackdown16 – Round One
So that was massive. The people cleared out, the room was empty and we went ‘wow, so that was amazing’. The biggest crowd ever to come to a smackdown at Kaffeine rammed into our Eastcastle street store last night to cheer on their baristas as they battled for cash, prizes, an SCAE qualification course, huge
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Should all customers be treated the same, or should all different customers be treated differently?
We are very lucky in that the majority of our customers are regulars, or become regulars, but we also attract other customers, the occasional tourist who is looking for coffee, or the occasional lost tourist, or Antipodeans looking for coffee on their travels, or parents with buggies and little children etc etc. It is easy
Possibly one of the hardest jobs there is in running a cafe….An explanation
No, it’s not being a chef, or being a barista, or being on service, though all of these positions are responsible for this, the hardest of jobs, it is not even a kitchen porter, who has probably the hardest job of all. It is the overall job of keeping all your cafe/restaurant/hotel/work area clean and
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Eastcastle Street is One Year Old – March 2016
This week we celebrate the 1st birthday of Eastcastle street store. If you ever want an indication of how quickly time flies in London, this this is a perfect example. March the 9th we opened officially, but we will be giving away ‘fun size’ chocolate brownies as birthday cake all week to pretty much anyone
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Guess who’s back, Kaffeine’s back – Renovations Complete
After a three week closure, (one for holidays and two for renovations), we are very proud and happy to say that our Great Titchfield street store is back open and ready to go. We have installed new Lumen windows at the rear, changed the seating and front bench to lovely new English oak boards, added
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The Importance of Balance – An Explanation
This is what I remember. It was perhaps early 2009 (but I cannot be sure), it was at Gwilym Davies’ coffee cart at Columbia Road Flower Market and one of the baristas was making coffee, again my memory fades on who it was, but they were talking about coffee to a customer and the importance
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Great Titchfield Street – Time for a facelift – Plans for Renovations
Six years is a long time in cafe life. Lots of wear and tear, heavy use. Day after day after day, after day. Every year at Christmas we used to give Great Titchfield a going over with the paint brush, bring her back to life a bit. We have updated things here and there, to
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