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 »
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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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
London Latte Art Smackdown – #smackdown16 – Round Three 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
London Latte Art Smackdown – #smackdown16 – Round Two Read More »
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
Kaffeine – The Guest Espresso Program rides again Read More »
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
Possibly one of the hardest jobs there is in running a cafe….An explanation Read More »
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
Guess who’s back, Kaffeine’s back – Renovations Complete Read More »
