The UK coffee market has certainly come along way in a few years. How much more can it grow? Can you remember when Starbucks and Costa and Nero first come onto the high street and introduced us all to a different coffee culture? Was the opening of Flat White in 2005 the real kick that […]
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Bit excited this week, as lead barista James has been working on new playlists for us, plus I have added my own little bit by sourcing more music that I just need to find the time to create into playlists of my own. James is quite the perfectionist, and his love and understanding for music
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One of the absolute best things about living in London is the amount of people you can meet and friends you make from all parts of the world. One of the worst things, is saying goodbye to them. This week we say farewell to one of the true legends of Kaffeine, our manager Amy. A
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I have been living in the UK now for 10 years altogether, and it was just the other morning, as I came up from Oxford street early in the morning and looked at all the British flags they have up and down Regent/Oxford streets at the moment, that I realised again how much I enjoy
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“What is cascara?” It is a question either myself or one of the other staff at Kaffeine get asked nearly every day. It is probably the question I would have asked if I had not landed the job as a barista on one of my first visits to this little café in London. Cascara is
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For 3 and a half years I worked at the most prestigious cricket and sporting members clubs in the world, the M.C.C. at Lord’s Cricket Ground. For an Australian who grew up playing cricket in the front yard with my brothers, but not very well, it was a dream come true. As a hospitality career
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Unfortunately we are saying goodbye to another one of our staff members, because his visa is about to expire and he has to go home. Matthew is the young man you may have seen working the service area. He came to us late last year, after completing a 12 month scholarship at a leading London
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No, sorry, it’s not a joke. I tell really bad jokes, ask the staff. Dad jokes. Anyway, I was thinking about this the other day, because we had a lot of coffee people in over the last weekend with the London Coffee Festival, and we had one particular Spanish family in, who were on holiday
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In November of last year, we took the first step into expansion by opening a concession within the Lend Lease corporate building on Euston Road called One Tree Coffee. Unfortunately, six months later, we have taken the decision to close it. Opening Kaffeine and the path we have taken over the past two and a
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I’m really very lucky and grateful that the staff who work at Kaffeine are all passionate and enthusiastic about their jobs and not only that, but also passionate and enthusiastic about the business. Kaffeine would not be the business it is today without the fantastic input, ideas and creativity from our staff, who it seems
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