25 September 2023

The Caffeine Chronicles: Colonna & Small's, Leather Lane

Colonna & Small's has long been one of my favourite specialty coffee shops in the UK and I stop by every time I visit Bath for a coffee and to stock up on beans. I was thrilled to hear that Maxwell and Lesley Colonna-Dashwood were opening a second coffee shop a little closer to (my home). It finally opened on Leather Lane in Clerkenwell earlier this month and — spoiler alert — it's just as wonderful as the Bath original!


14 September 2023

The Oxford Caffeine Chronicles: NewGround Coffee, Ship Street

It's always great when a favourite coffee shop breaks new ground...especially when that coffee shop is Oxford's NewGround, where social responsibility meets superb coffee. I visit their Headington roastery most times I'm back in Oxford and now they have a shiny new cafĂ© and wine bar in the city centre.