(22/100) coffee
2012 and we had been invited to our first permanent tricycle site under @thelondongherkin – it was our big break after the roller coaster summer.
Despite opening in a snowstorm and surviving many a gale, it was a huge, overnight success for which we are forever grateful. We had so much pride in it – our espresso was even served in beautiful Damien Hirst cups until they lost their battle with outdoor life one by one.
We were bringing proper Aussie coffee to the City which I hoped was crying out for it (as I had just quit my job around the corner!)
There was some great coffee out there - @monmouthcoffee in Borough Market, @kaffeinelondon in the West End and @prufrockcoffee in Leather Lane but nothing in the City where late nights and early mornings made it as essential medicine as Tiger King binging in lockdown.
We originally served @monmouthcoffee (co-incidentally sharing the name of our family farm back in Aus) before we found our brothers from another mother @theroastingpartyuk. These young crazy Australian boys (now wise fathers) recently off the boat, roasted our own bespoke dream blend for us – our Beany Green house brew.
Beany Green coffee is a carefully curated mix of top grade, speciality beans from Brazil, Guatemala and Colombia paired in order to create deep chocolatey notes, a mellow dark berry acidity and a smooth, clean “moorish” finish in the cup. I’m drinking it now as I write this and it is still as good today as it was then.
I’ll do a post later on coffee ranging from how to make a truly great flat white to speaking at the New York Coffee Festival, but right now I want to shout out that our house Beany Green blend is available online for the first time , in many forms; the most recently introduced being our Warhol inspired ‘Collectible Can of Beans’.
The coffee was enjoyed with our delicious homemade banana bread (it hadn’t yet won its award then) and stunning fresh pastries. Our banana bread recipe to follow!