This website provides key information on the wonderful world of my local, independent coffee shops. I live in Surbiton (Royal Borough of Kingston, London).

Comparison is near impossible because everywhere serves different coffee drinks.

Different beans are used. Different production methods are used, and customers' moods, requirements and tastes are never identical to those of others.

All coffee shops ask me 'which is your favourite, Patrick?'

Usually, the correct answer is the cafe which I am in at the time! Independent cafes are always the best!


Independent coffee shops are the way forward, for coffee lovers.

If you're rushing your coffee, you are not a coffee lover, you are an addict!

Caffeine is a drug. Drugs can be addictive. Addiction to anything is bad. Appreciation of positive qualities, should always be possible. Therefore, don't become an addict, learn to appreciate quality.

I regard Coffee Shops with up to only a handful of 'brother/sister shops', as 'Independent'. Any larger, and it becomes a chain of shops, throughout which identical coffee is served, and individual powers are lost.

I am a human being. I love this world, recognising that it deserves the utmost respect from us. It offends me when I see those who don't agree. I am a coffee lover, I have NEVER been such a weak addict, consuming coffee on-the-go, littering the globe with paper/plastic coffee cups. Pay due respect to the drink and the Earth. These cups are non-recyclable and ARE NOT HOW COFFEE SHOULD BE DRUNK!

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A short distance from Putney Station, it is very central in the local area.
I am sat in yet another high-quality coffee-shop, that oozes class, character, and friendliness. Staff all are hard at work. Full (I took last free table),  yet it does not feel too busy. The shop is laid out very wisely, relaxed and interchangeable regarding positioning of tables and chairs.  Fully-accessible, apparently the toilet is even accessible by wheelchairs (we will see)... (The toilet is a large room and widely accessible, once reached, and the shop-floor has been negotiated)!
There are sister-shops on the Chiswick High Road, as well as Esher, and Ealing.



The coffee served here is good. A single-shot 'Americano' is had, using the regular beans, 'Allpress Espresso'. This coffee is served throughout the companies four branches.





Hmmm, I read and this pre-packed blend consists of beans from Brasil, Colombia, Guatemala, and Sumatra. Complex, very complex. I think a large range of essences could be found here. Harshly, it could be said that it is too complex, too flavoursome, so no single taste can be felt, they maybe battling with each other! This is bursting with energy, and in no way boring or dull! Very exciting, interesting, coffee.





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