The results are in! And the winners of the first Coffee Stop Awards have been announced.
Over 18,000 Londoners voted in the awards, which were announced at an event in London on 23 April 2014. Londoners have started to take their coffee drinking very seriously in the last few years. This has partly been driven by discerning Australians and New Zealanders coming to London and moaning about the quality of the coffee. Eventually they have done something about it, with coffee bars such as Flat White, and the guys running Caravan, putting coffee up there alongside the British thirst for tea.
More and more pubs seem to be closing in London, but coffee shops are under no such threat, with big chains such as Costa Coffee and Pret a Manger opening as fast as they can. But it’s the independent places that are proving the funkiest, and more places than ever are displaying a “we serve Monmouth Coffee” sign.
Best Coffee Shop in London
WINNER: White Mulberries
D3 Ivory House, St Katharine Docks, E1W 1AT
E: info@whitemulberries.com
W: White Mulberries website
Best Coffee Roasted in London
WINNER: Square Mile
T: 0207 729 3744
E: webshop@squaremilecoffee.com
W: Square Mile Coffee Roasters website
Tastiest Bakes and Cakes
WINNER: Artisan, Putney
203 Upper Richmond Road, Putney, London, SW15 6SG
T: 0208 617 3477
E: info@artisancoffee.co.uk
W: Artisan Putney website
Best Use of Social Media
WINNER: Four Corners Cafe
12 Lower Marsh, London, SE1 7RJ
T: 0208 617 9591
W: Four Corners Cafe website
Best London Coffee Blog
WINNER: Cups of London Coffee
W: Cups of London Coffee website
Best Coffee Shop Chain
WINNER: Harris & Hoole
W: Harris & Hoole website
Best for Working out of Office
WINNER: Timberyard, Covent Garden
7 Upper St Martin’s Lane, Seven Dials, WC2H 9DL
E: hello@timberyardlondon.com
W: Timberyard website
Best for London’s Cyclists
WINNER: Look Mum No Hands, Old Street
49 Old Street, London, EC1V 9HX
T: 020 7253 1025
E: info@lookmumnohands.com
W: Look Mum No Hands, Old Street website
Best New Coffee Shop
WINNER: The Wren
St Nicholas Cole Abbey, 114 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4BJ
E: INFO@THEWRENCOFFEE.COM
W: The Wren website
Coolest Baristas
WINNER: Black Box
The Terrace of the Floripa Bar, 91-93 Gt Eastern Street, Shoreditch, London, EC2A 3HZ
E: hello@blackboxcoffee.co.uk
W: Black Box Coffee website
LINKS
London 2014 Coffee Stops Awards website
Coffee Stops London on Twitter
Coffee Stops London on Facebook