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!

Aeropress filter

How I brew an 'Aeropress filter' coffee...
A Medium/Fine Grind of coffee should be used




Possibly the quickest and easiest method of creating your home-brewed coffee. Although a fast process, I have detailed 11 steps, with photos providing a clear explanation.
 Single-use, paper disc filters sit at the bottom of the 'Filter Paper Cap'.


  Rinse the filter paper, lightly, so that it remans securely in place when under pressure.


Three parts. Compressor (left), Filter Paper Cap, Main Water Trough (upside-down)! 



Screw the Filter Paper Cap in place, sitting beneath the Main Water Trough.


 Spoon coffee into Trough, sitting on top of the Filter Paper Cap, beneath.


 Place on top of mug, and fill with hot water.


 Hot water will already be passing through coffee filter, pouring down into mug.


 Insert 'Compressor' part into top. The tight fit will mean a vacuum is created between water, and 'Compressor' above.
The vacuum means that you can wait, to let Coffee and Water mix. 
Allow three minutes...

 Push the compressor downwards, forcing the water through the filter, smoothly. This method creates the smoothest of coffees.


Quick, and relatively simple!

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