Week beginning September 3rd

Traditional bircher muesli with rhubarb and raspberry compote 3.30
Granola muesli with pomegranate molasses and rhubarb and raspberry compote 3.30
Fruit salad (pineapple, mango, strawberries, grapes, passionfruit, peach) 3.50
(add 30 p for granola or yogurt)
Ciabatta roll with omelette, pancetta, rocket and tomato salsa 4.70
Ciabatta roll with courgette omelette, rocket and tomato salsa 4.70
Croissant with Italian roast ham, talleggio cheese, spinach & plum tomatoes 4.70
Croissant with gruyere cheese and plum tomatoes 3.90
Seven seed bakery bloomer toast with homemade preserves 1.70
Pumpkin seed toast 2.30
Banana bread 2.20

Pastries by Seven Seed bakery
French butter croissants 1.70
Pain au chocolat 2.30
Almond croissants 2.70

Baked Treats
Turkish apricots, pumpkin seeds and yoghurt sweet muffins 2.00
Tomato, sweet cicely and goats cheese savoury muffins 2.00
Damson friands 2.00
Super moist chocolate brownies 2.30
White chocolate blondies 2.30
Portuguese tarts 1.90
ANZAC cookies 1.70
Melting moment biscuits 1.70

Lunch

French retro baguettes 4.70
Plum tomatoes, chimichurri sauce, bufala mozzarella, rocket
Ham, Dijon, red onion, gruyere, gherkin, spinach

Foccacias with sea salt and rosemary crust 4.90
Mushrooms with Welsh rarebit and spinach
Smoked salmon with red onion, aioli, spinach, dill and capers

Salads 4.90/5.90
Clove and orange roasted chicken with blood peaches, mozzarella balls, sea purslane and wild marjoram dressing
Chickweed with manchego, roasted celery, red chilli and damson plum jam
Grilled Padron peppers with sea blite

Tart 4.00 or 6.90 with salad
Puff pastry parcels with pancetta, lychees and basil sauce

Week Beginning August 20th

Traditional bircher muesli with rhubarb and raspberry compote 3.30

Granola muesli with pomegranate molasses and rhubarb and raspberry compote 3.30

Fruit salad (pineapple, mango, strawberries, grapes, passionfruit, peach) 3.50

(add 30 p for granola or yogurt)

Ciabatta roll with omelette, pancetta, rocket and tomato salsa 4.70

Ciabatta roll with courgette omelette, rocket and tomato salsa 4.70

Croissant with Italian roast ham, talleggio cheese, spinach & plum tomatoes 4.70

Croissant with gruyere cheese and plum tomatoes 3.90

Seven seed bakery bloomer toast with homemade preserves 1.70

Pumpkin seed toast 2.30

Banana bread 2.20

Pastries by Seven Seed bakery

French butter croissants 1.70

Pain au chocolat 2.30

Almond croissants 2.70

Baked Treats

Blueberry and apple sweet muffins 2.00

Four cheese and black peppercorn savoury muffins 2.00

Strawberry friands 2.00

Super moist chocolate brownies 2.30

White chocolate blondies 2.30

Portuguese tarts 1.90

ANZAC cookies 1.70

Melting moment biscuits 1.70

Lunch

French retro baguettes 4.70

Aubergine with goats cheese, lime mayonnaise, rocket

Ham, apple butter, gruyere, gherkin, spinach

Foccacias with sea salt and rosemary crust 4.90

Roasted beef with red onion marmalade, aged cheddar, rocket

Mushrooms with Welsh rarebit and spinach

Salads 4.90/5.90

Aubergines with nectarines, little gems, coriander, brown sugared cod

Broccoli with oyster sauce

Beetroot, radishes, black kidney beans, cannellini beans, edamame beans, cherry tomato, red onion and roasted cashews

Tart 4.00 or 6.90 with salad

Creamed corn with sweet potato

Week Beginning August 13th

Traditional bircher muesli with rhubarb and raspberry compote 3.30
Granola muesli with pomegranate molasses and rhubarb and raspberry compote 3.30
Fruit salad (pineapple, mango, strawberries, grapes, passionfruit, peach) 3.50
(add 30 p for granola or yogurt)
Ciabatta roll with omelette, pancetta, rocket and tomato salsa 4.70
Ciabatta roll with courgette omelette, rocket and tomato salsa 4.70
Croissant with Italian roast ham, talleggio cheese, spinach & plum tomatoes 4.70
Croissant with gruyere cheese and plum tomatoes 3.90
Seven seed bakery bloomer toast with homemade preserves 1.70
Pumpkin seed toast 2.30
Banana bread 2.20

Pastries by Seven Seed bakery
French butter croissants 1.70
Pain au chocolat 2.30
Almond croissants 2.70

Baked Treats
Blueberry and bran sweet muffins 2.00
Courgette, chili and basil savoury muffins 2.00
Strawberry friands 2.00
Super moist chocolate brownies 2.30
White chocolate blondies 2.30
Portuguese tarts 1.90
ANZAC cookies 1.70
Melting moment biscuits 1.70

Lunch

French retro baguettes 4.70
Bufala mozzarella with tomato, red pesto, spinach
Ham, pommery mustard, gruyere, gherkin, rocket, red onion

Foccacias with sea salt and rosemary crust 4.90
Roasted chicken, chili mayonnaise, avocado, brie, rocket
Tuna, capers, olives, dill, lime, aioli, spinach

Salads 4.90/5.90
Tandoori chicken, cucumber cherry tomatoes, avocados, iceberg lettuce, yogurt, dressing
Fresh green beans with soy sauce
Radicchio with pineapple, radish, brazil nuts, Gorgonzola, coriander

Tart 4.00 or 6.90 with salad
Broccoli with Parmesan fritatta

Week Beginning August 6th

Traditional bircher muesli with rhubarb and raspberry compote 3.30
Granola muesli with pomegranate molasses and rhubarb and raspberry compote 3.30
Fruit salad (pineapple, mango, strawberries, grapes, passionfruit, peach) 3.50
(add 30 p for granola or yoghurt)
Ciabatta roll with omelette, pancetta, rocket and tomato salsa 4.70
Ciabatta roll with courgette omelette, rocket and tomato salsa 4.70
Croissant with Italian roast ham, talleggio cheese, spinach & plum tomatoes 4.70
Croissant with gruyere cheese and plum tomatoes 3.90
Seven seed bakery bloomer toast with homemade preserves 1.70
Pumpkin seed toast 2.30
Banana bread 2.20

Pastries by Seven Seed bakery
French butter croissants 1.70
Pain au chocolat 2.30
Almond croissants 2.70

Baked Treats
Mirabelle plum, almond and brandy sweet muffins 2.00
Tomato, mustard and thyme savoury muffins 2.00
Tiramisu friands 2.00
Super moist chocolate brownies 2.30
White chocolate blondies 2.30
Portuguese tarts 1.90
ANZAC cookies 1.70
Melting moment biscuits 1.70

Lunch

French retro baguettes 4.70
Coppa cotta ham with clementine mayonnaise, basil, red onion marmalade, rocket
Mushroom pate with spinach, tomato, crushed peas, oregano

Foccacias with sea salt and rosemary crust 4.90
Italian roast ham with cherry pickle, brie, roasted red peppers, rocket
Smoke salmon with capers, dill, red onion, aioli, spinach

Salads 4.90/5.90
Bufala mozzarella with nectarines, roasted cherry tomatoes, croutons, rocket and water pepper pesto
Cauliflower with a beetroot, caper and parsley dressing
Slow roasted beef shoulder with roasted courgettes and smoked wild horseradish dressing

Tart 4.00 or 6.90 with salad
Butternut, lime cheese and rosemary

WBC 2010 - Our wrap up

What a great week it has been. Champions from over 50 countries coming together in London town to compete against each other for the title of world champion. And a deserved winner it was too. Mike Phillips of Intelligentsia coffee in Chicago came out on Friday afternoon as the 2010 World Barista Champion.

Congratulations to Mike and all the team behind him, but also, massive respect to all the others who competed and tried their best for their country, for themselves and for coffee in general. Well done.

We had a great week in Kaffeine, with a lot of visitors coming in to say hello. Our highlight of this was having Mike Phillips (WBC 2010) and Stephen Morrisey (WBC 2008)come in on Saturday afternoon with the Intelligentsia people for lunch. But other highlghts included:
The Kenyan champion Jimmy and his crew spending loads of time with us.
The Russian champion Nadia with Gleb and their entourage
2006 World Barista Champion Klaus Thomsen and the full coffee collective in at 6 pm on saturday night and we re opened the grinder and poured more shots and cappucinos.
Kona Blue coffee family from the midlands in on Friday
Coffee Aroma family from Lincoln in on Thursday
James Hoffman and Anette Moldvaer in for dinner on Tuesday

Perhaps there are others I have missed and I apologise if I have, or perhaps others came in and did not introduce themselves.

Either way, it was all for the good of coffee.

I am sure there is a lot more I could write about the week just past, perhaps in the future. Until next time.

WBC 2010 extended hours

The world barista championships are almost upon us and the coffee world is getting excited. As a way of helping to cope with over 10,000 coffee geeks hititng town and wanting to drink coffee all day, we will be extending our opening hours over that entire week.

Sunday 20th Closed
Monday 21st to Friday 25th 7:30 am to 9 pm
Saturday 26th 9 am to 6 pm
Sunday 27th closed

As we will be open into the evenings over this time, we will be able to offer a special light dinner menu for those of you who may be at the exhibition all day and then want to come into central london for dinner and coffee.

Financial Times Article

Today we are very happy because the Financial Times has written a wonderful piece about coffee in London and in particular, Kaffeine. This is a proud moment for us all, as we have worked very hard to create a special place in London for coffee and food, and to have such a reputable newspaper acknowledge this is high praise indeed. We are very grateful.

It is also great to see the mainstream media putting out a positive review about a growing and exciting industry. Having the media back independents in this way is also much appreciated. This is how the industry grew so well in Australia, and if it helps create more independent cafes in opening because this media attention and also a greater consumer demand for better quality espresso drinks, then London really will become the coffee capital of the world once again. We can only keep working at it.