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Signature drinkFilter coffee

Tip: Open March to October only, daytime only, outdoor seats by the towpath. No bookings, cash and card.

Location

Address: 42 De Beauvoir Crescent, London N1 5SB

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Monmouth Coffee Borough ★ 4.6

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Monmouth's Borough Market cafe in London, opened in this site in 2002 and trading as a coffee roaster since 1978, runs single-origin espresso at a standing counter near the market.

Signature drink: Single-origin espresso

Tip: Counter-and-bench seating only. Closed Sundays. The Covent Garden original on Monmouth Street is more laptop-tolerant.

2 Park Street, London SE1 9AB

Prufrock Coffee ★ 4.4

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Jeremy Challender and Gwilym Davies's Leather Lane training cafe in Clerkenwell London, opened 2009, runs a focused filter program and weekday-only opening.

Signature drink: Filter coffee

Tip: Open Mon-Fri only; closed weekends. Davies took the World Barista Champion title in 2009 with a Prufrock cup.

23-25 Leather Lane, London EC1N 7TE

Kaffeine ★ 4.4

fitzroviaWork-friendlyWifi

Peter Dore-Smith's Australian-style coffee bar on Great Titchfield Street in Fitzrovia London, opened 2009, runs Square Mile beans and a serious daytime food menu.

Signature drink: Square Mile filter coffee

Tip: The two-floor Eastcastle Street sibling around the corner is the quieter remote-work bet.

66 Great Titchfield Street, London W1W 7QJ

TY Seven Dials ★ 4.3

covent-gardenWork-friendlyWifi

The TY (Timberyard) Seven Dials cafe in central London, opened 2011 on Upper St Martin's Lane, runs a third-wave coffee menu and an all-day kitchen above Seven Dials.

Signature drink: Filter coffee

Tip: Upstairs has plug sockets and quieter tables for laptop work; downstairs is the espresso-bar half.

7 Upper St Martin's Lane, London WC2H 9DL

Tap Coffee ★ 4.3

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Tap Coffee's Rathbone Place espresso bar in Fitzrovia London, opened 2011, runs a serious filter and espresso menu using Has Bean and other small-batch UK roasters.

Signature drink: Flat white

Tip: The standing counter at the front is the fastest morning queue. Closes at 17:00 weekdays and 16:00 weekends.

26 Rathbone Place, London W1T 1JD

Caravan King's Cross ★ 4.4

kings-crossWork-friendlyWifi

Caravan's flagship cafe inside the Granary Building in King's Cross London, opened 2012, runs an in-house coffee roastery and an all-day eclectic Antipodean menu.

Signature drink: Caravan blend espresso

Tip: Plug sockets along the canal-side window seats. Brunch runs to 16:00; dinner from 17:30 on weekdays.

1 Granary Square, London N1C 4AA Book →

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