After we opened the doors in August 2009 we started to recognise two gentleman who came in virtually every weekday, sometimes up to two or three times in a day. Breakfast, lunch, snacks, coffee. Impeccably dressed, very well-mannered and very good friends, they worked in the design industry in the local area. If you ever […]
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A couple of films shot by Kess Bohan
The Kaffeine Movies – Two short films showcasing what we are all about Read More »
Well we put all the beer in the fridge this time. There was no way were were gong to be caught out again. We weren’t, but we just had enough as over 60 people crammed into Eastcastle street or even stood on the benches outside and watched through our wonderful arched windows. We were honoured
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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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It is back again, now for the fourth year and as per last year, there are a massive 64 places available. The London Latte Art Smackdown, sponsored by Square Mile, Coffee Hit, Victoria Arduino, The London Coffee Festival and Kaffeine, runs over five weeks starting with four rounds of heats from Friday the 9th of
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Quite a long time ago, we started a guest espresso program on weekends, whereby we would take off decaf on our second grinder and order in and dial in a guest espresso from various roasters across the UK and Europe on a weekly basis. To start with, it worked very, very well and we ran
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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
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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It’s taken me a long while to write this, for which I can only apologise to the subject of the post who I hope is reading this one day while she sips beers on the beach in Lennox Head, NSW Australia to be exact, which is basically down the road from Byron Bay. Claire Brice
Kaffeine Legend – Claire ‘Brice’ Brice – Manager Read More »
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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