So here’s a good idea: open a coffee stall with some limited seating right next to the back door of a shop every waking teenage (and post teenage) girl is going to wNt to get taken to by dad/boyfriend/partner/husband. Make it look suitably cool an sophisticated so the attending chaps can feel at home idling away the shopping hours sipping a tasty cup o’ joe and you’ve got yourself a canny idea. Not to mention a ready made captive audience. BLK Espresso have done just that. Nestled as close as you can comfortably-be-without-getting-personal to the back of the uber hip Top Shop emporium , they offer a refuge for the retail weary accompanist. All the usual options available in terms if draw, it’s nice to see ristretto and genuine macchiato as standard offerings, hinting that the guys know their stuff.
The house blend is a four bean affair from Rubra. In flat white form (my standard tester) you can get a sense of some soft citrus and a hint of caramel on the finish. Interesting combination, with the caramel accentuated by my own home made cheese and onion sandwich enjoyed with the joe. As the temp drops the citrus comes to the fore making for a nice interesting cup all the way through.
A nice cup overall, though you do need to get dangerously close to fashion to get it. 71%