Interesting coffee places, in sort of ascending distance from MozLDN:
- New Row Coffee http://www.newrowcoffee.co.uk/ 24 New Row WC2N 4LA
- quirky
- espresso can be taken in house only
- no decaf
- no cards under a minimum which I forgot
- La gelatiera http://www.lagelatiera.co.uk/ 27 New Row WC2N 4LA
- coffee is "ok"
- it's just an excuse to have a fantastic ice cream
- Notes http://www.notes-uk.squarespace.com/ 31 St Martin’s Lane WC2N 4ER
- service can be slow
- cards ok
- rad mint tea as discovered by angelina
- Timberyard http://www.timberyardlondon.com/contact/
- startuplandia
- admittedly their sandwiches are pretty decent (haven't tried them)
- nice iced latte with hipster straws
- Caffe Vergnano http://www.caffevergnano.com/en/ 62 Charing Cross Road
- posh coffee menu
- nice machinery on display
- hot chocolate with cream is really good too (chocolate with panna)
- huge queues in the mornings
- Monmouth Coffee Co http://www.monmouthcoffee.co.uk/ 27 Monmouth Street WC2H 9EU
- long queues but quick dispatch
- the mother of the decent coffees in London
- MozLDN coffee beans provider
- their espresso machine broke once, productivity in the area plummeted
- Notes Covent Garden - there's another Notes close to Covent Garden proper 36 Wellington Street WC2E 7BD
- service a bit more efficient than the other Notes
- similar quality
- a bit more wine / lounging oriented
- Espresso Bar Mozzino 74 Broadwick St, Soho, W1F 9QZ
- only tried iced latte but it was good
- they always seem to have a nice clientele
- they're in a nice street/area too
- Yumcha 45 Berwick St, Soho, Greater London, W1F 8SF
- OK it's mostly tea but they have many blends! including iced tea, smoothies, etc
- Cool to sit down and read comics that you can buy in Gosh! comics at the end of the street
- Or to draw with supplies from Cass Arts almost at the end of the street too
- Speakeasy http://speakeasycoffee.co.uk/ 3 Lowndes Court W1F 7HD
- close to the famous Carnaby Street
- quite busy on week-ends, haven't tried during the week
- they've got a cool basement/coffee speakeasy
- flat white and iced lattes were great, some of the pastries look cool though I only had an African based sweet whose name I can't remember now
- Soho Grind http://www.sohogrind.com/ 19 Beak Street W1F 9RP
- nice flat white
- they're really new "in the scene"
- Fernandez & Wells http://www.fernandezandwells.com/ 73 Beak Street W1F 9SR
- Come here for a Spanish cortado
- and an interesting mixture of Spanish/English deli food
- Carpo http://www.carpolondon.co.uk/ 16 Piccadilly W1J 0DE
- the coffee is a bit meh but zomgbbq the chocolate and nuts
- the chocolate
- the nuts
- all at the same time
- if you go to / come out of Green Park underground station, do visit (they open late)
- close to Piccadilly Circus so very touristy