kaffeine

read in nyt this was the best coffee in london and had been meaning to stop in. had a latte and a toasted banana bread. coffee was nothing special but the banana bread was on point. staff were above and beyond-very impressed.

the best coffee i've had in london yet. i'll be highly surprised if any other cafe comes close to this! they make their own almond milk (sugar-free) and have perfected their almond latte. strong coffee and good flavour in the almond milk. will definitely be back, my personal favorite.

i love the atmosphere. the staffs were really friendly. it was peak time when i came so it was super duper busy. i had a skinny latte, apparently they didn't do any syrups here but hold on that was a drop of latte from heaven.
though whatever the sandwich i had was called was rich with toppings and cheese, the bread was too crispy (i think) for the dish. but it could be just me really..
i did not regret spending money here.

cozy cafe just a few minutes walk from the holiday inn regents park hotel. small cafe with lively ambience (completely full on a sunday morning 10am).

we ordered a chocolate croissant, cappuccino, hot chocolate and a ciabatta with fried egg, turkey sausage, aioli, and gruyere cheese. both the breakfast sandwich and the croissant were grilled to perfection.

the ciabatta bread was soft and fluffy with a crispy coating. the croissant was freshly baked with the perfect amount of chocolate.

both the cappuccino and hot chocolate were delicious.

excellent cafe for a nice filling breakfast.

as far as cafes go, this is about as good as it gets! this is up there with monmouth coffee for the best i've had in london!! these guys know how to do coffee so it's no wonder this place is always packed to its tiny capacity.

for our weekly coffee and cake venture we tried kaffeine's famous 'blondie', their deliciously rich brownie, a white choc and peanut butter cookie and their healthy, sugar free raspberry cake. all were super tasty without being too sickly. i love the range from classic naughty treats to some healthy ones too. they also had a huge range of sandwiches, wraps and quiches too for those looking for a savoury option.

the only downside of this place is the size.. there's only a few tables inside, and due to the popularity, your table is being eyed off from the moment you finish your last sip of coffee so it's not necessarily the place to go for a long, lazy sunday afternoon cafe experience.

all in all though, this place has fast, friendly, service, tasty food, and most importantly delicious coffee and i'll be adding it to my regular list for sure!

coffee is unique and original. amazing flavour, never had anything quite like it. they make their own almond milk which adds to the texture. ambience is pleasant - great spot to meet people for a catch up.

i have been going to kaffeine since they first opened. the coffee has always been to a great standard and their lunches are always awesome. the salads are always inspiring and i would recommend their pie & salad! love love love this place!

i can't fault the coffee but £3.40 for a soy cappuccino... and a small one at that!? daylight robbery. even if it was an amazing coffee. humph.

#poor

it's been a year ago, i'm from indonesia, i visited london for a school trip and at the time i'm separate from my group in oxford circus its been a while to walk around. cause i'm a coffee person, i cannot far from coffee, then i found a coffee shop its quite small then. its so unforgettable cause i don't speak english well, but the barista such friendly person ask me nicely and finally i choose cafe late, the coffee just made my day.

once one of my favourite hidden gems this place has now become one of the more popular coffee places in london. i'm not usually a coffee person but the coffee here is so well made that i have to make an exception.
another exciting feature about this place is that they have a weekly menu based around what's in season. last time i had a foccacias with panchetta, plumns, spinach and brie and it was very food. if that's any thing to go by i'm sure each week you can find something good to munch on.
they also serve incredible baked goods, i always check ahead to see when they're serving the banana bread as its my favourite.
the service is very good last time i went i had to go to an atm to withdraw cash and they let me sit down and enjoy my meal first.

kaffeine is a real gem hidden between oxford street station and goodge street. it's the tiniest little place, so if you're heading there around lunchtime then be prepared not to get a seat, it fills up very quickly with people from the surrounding offices. but if you do manage to winch yourself to one of the booths, or up on a stool to eat at the bar then be warned: you will be elbow to elbow and getting pretty cosy with a lot of strangers because this is a great lunchtime option.  
they have daily changing specials and exciting, interesting sandwich options (inc. the intriguing inclusion of roasted rhubarb in a cheese and ham baguette). i went for the pie and salad, at £7.90 this seemed reasonable, and i wasn't disappointed. again, the salads are all pretty inspiring, making choosing which ones to go for quite difficult. the pie was salmon, and absolutely perfect; the crust not too heavy for lunch.
they take their coffee quite seriously (courtesy of square mile, naturally) too, so if you're a coffee geek then you'll be happy in that respect.

when it comes to coffee in central london, the areas that immediately spring to mind are soho and covent garden with the fitzrovia area falling some way behind. however that’s where i headed to earlier this week when i visited great titchfield street’s kaffeine.

one of my top coffee spots in london! fantastic coffee. quite a distinctive sweet caramel flavour. usually have some decent cakes too! sometime seats outside although always very busy.

unique flavors... unique coffee!!! excellent service!!! i had as usual my double shot... flat white!!!

you must be lucky so as to have a place to rest and enjoy your coffee for a while cause it is very very busy!!!

by koray hussein

when it comes to coffee in central london, the areas that immediately spring to mind are soho and covent garden with the fitzoria area falling some way behind. however that’s where i headed to earlier this week when i visited great titchfield street’s kaffeine.

i arrived a few minutes before opening time and waited as the four or five workers set up, which kind of surprised me. five people working in a rather small coffee shop at 7.30am? seemed a little overkill to me considering they had more staff than tables but what would i know?

as the interior is so small, the first thing i saw upon entering kaffeine was their counter top which had some seriously good looking snacks packed in. croissants, rolls, pies and an especially tasty looking fruit salad all adorned the glass and made it kind of difficult to decide.

being my usual indecisive self i asked one of the guys behind the counter to help me out and was recommended their breakfast pie (for the life of me, i cannot remember what was in this thing, apart from baked beans and bresola and can’t find it on their website) which i ordered along with a glass of coffee (seriously guys what’s wrong with serving coffee in cups?).

i took a seat at the back wall facing back into the shop and was taken aback at just how tiny kaffeine’s tables are, if you can call wooden boxes, tables. the seats at the back are fine for placing a cup- sorry, glass of coffee on but how the hell am i meant to eat the pie when the table is at arse height when sitting down? there are elevated tables along the central wall but with elevated tables comes elevated seats and as i’m a short bastard, i tend to avoid any seats that make me look like a bearded toddler with my legs dangling down.

after i’d finished internally bitching about the table height i looked up and noticed that the place seemed quite busy already. it hadn’t been five minutes since the doors opened and there were two people sitting at the higher tables, a couple sat beside me chatting and a queue of three people. i guess i spoke too soon when i thought that five staff members was overkill at 7.30am.

my attention was brought back to the boxes masquerading as tables once the breakfast pie and coffee arrived and i was left trying to fold myself forward to actually get to the damn pie.

at first glance the breakfast pie looked like it’d be a pretty standard pie but once i tried to actually crack it open and taste this bad boy i realised it wasn’t going to be that simple. whether it was due to the heating process, the actual crust itself, or the blunt cutlery supplied, actually getting inside the pie was a bit of a problem. it took several seconds of prodding, slicing and practically thumping to get at the insides but i’m extremely happy to say that that’s the last complaint you’ll have from me about this pie.

although i (annoyingly) can’t remember what was actually inside, i can remember being surprised with just how savoury and spicy it was. that’s not a complaint however as all the ingredients complimented each other perfectly and i was left even enjoying the crust that tried it’s best to prevent me from having my breakfast.

the coffee on the other hand didn’t strike me as anything special which is a shame. it’s not bad by any means but the fact that it’s a stones throw from places like daisy green and soho bikes is a pity as i’d much rather walk the extra five minutes and get a coffee at one of those places.

i’ll definitely be going back to kaffeine as that pie deserves another visit and if you’re in the area you could do a lot worse than trying kaffeine’s coffee, just don’t expect anything mind blowing.

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