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It was a beautiful day in East London last weekend so I
decided to take a walk down to Shoreditch and sniff out some caffeine based
delights. I was meeting a friend who was travelling into London by train so I
snapped up the opportunity to really take my time.
When we’d eventually met up we slid into the Batman Cape and
Cowl Exhibition on Old Street and had a little potter round before finding an
absolutely delightful little coffee house. As we stepped through the outer grey
façade we were met by a barrage of colour, a rainbow graphic wrapped its way
round the room. Along the left hand side the wall had been covered with the
loyalty cards of regular customers, a very homely touch.
I went for an iced coffee in contrast to my usual tastes and
was not disappointed, who’d have thought that an iced Americano could give a
man so much joy?! We sat down on the recycled school furniture facing out of
the coffee shop, it was a real people watcher’s outpost as you are slightly
raised from the street due to the step up, you can gaze lazily out at the
world, it would be a fantastic place to do work (if out of office working was a
luxury I possessed).
The tables were reclaimed too with a dropped ceiling of
services overhead, the cabling of the filament pendant bulbs was arranged
nicely to form a kind of urban chandelier. We must have sat there for a couple
of hours, both drawing neither of us talking, but it didn’t require it. A group
of Greek students were the only other customers who sat themselves by the door,
jabbering to each other; combined with the uncharacteristic weather the
impression generated was of a lazy afternoon in a continental city.
The chill wave vibes of the music played and the relaxed
attitude of the staff made the whole experience that extra bit more special.
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