by shm » Sun Dec 13, 2009 2:20 pm
So I'm afraid I got no photos of my trip to London (wwell not the coffee shops anyway). I also failed to do as much as I wanted. On the Wednesday afternoon/evening it was pouring with rain. My plan was to visit Monmouth Coffee that day and Bea's on the way to the meeting next morning. As it was I failed to get anywhere in Monmouth, the place was tiny, and packed and a huge line of people along the counter with nothing happening, I wasn't sure where to queue, or who to approach, i desperately wanted to sit down but was it counter service or did you queue for a seat then order? Not sure and with so many people crowding the place I left, not wanting take out coffee in the pouring rain. So headed down the road to Bullet cafe, which was close by. However the Find Me Coffee iPhone app seems to be well out of date as there did not appear to be any Bullet cafe anymore. So headed for Caffe Vergnano in Charing Cross Road, which had amazing Elektra machines but served average coffee. The barista was more interested in chatting to her visiting boyfriend than remembering the order, despite the crowd that arrived after me.
So next morning I headed for my meeting, walked down Gray's Inn Road then headed for Red Lion Square. Bea's should be on the right past Gray's Inn field. Nope, missed it, must've been that tiny place that looked like a cake shop and anyway was running out of time, needed to get to Kingsway. So at lunchtime, I nipped along to Monmouth, bought some beans and got a take out Capp, was delicious, stunning and I really should have gone back and bought some house blend if I didn't have to get back.
I will try Dose next time I'm in London as well as a trip back to Monmouth Street.
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