The Caffeine Chronicles: Formative Coffee

I was quick off the mark with my first London coffee shop visit of the year, on 2 January, although as Formative Coffee first opened its doors in Victoria almost a year ago, I wasn't as prompt as I would have liked. The small shop is a short walk from St James's Park Tube station (and St James's Park itself, for that matter), and is only open on weekdays and only until 5 pm, which is why I'd struggled to visit previously.

A Decade-Long Specialty Coffee Journey

I've been writing about coffee since I started this blog in 2007. But it wasn't until the start of the last decade when specialty coffee shop reviews became a more central focus of my posts. In January 2010, I was living in Marylebone and had just started a new job in King's Cross. Back then, I had to walk 20 minutes on my lunch break to get to the nearest specialty coffee shop, the original Espresso Room. And now...well, the specialty coffee scene in King's Cross, London and many other cities throughout the world has changed dramatically.