Motorcycle Rides, Coffee Stops & the Sober-Curious Life
Motorcycle Rides, Coffee Stops & the Sober-Curious Life
When I first started visiting Hertford, I remember being amazed that I could sit in one coffee shop and see at least four others from the same seat. It’s a town that clearly loves its coffee. After a few visits,…
I was riding back from an appointment with Laith at Saint Nine in Southwark when I saw a sign outside Old Spike, another coffee shop, which said, “You can help create employment opportunities and reduce homelessness, just by choosing where…
Watford’s got a thriving artisan coffee scene and what I like about the selection below, beyond the quality of the coffee and atmosphere, is how different they are from one another. These coffee shops are spread across the town in…
It was my second visit to The Mixing Shed Café, tucked away near Saffron Walden. As always, the roads leading here did not disappoint. There’s long stretches of straight roads with countryside views for miles and a good mix of…
Riding into the Maulden Cafe of Wooden Hill Coffee, the smaller of the company’s two sites, feels a little like being transported back to rural Pennsylvania. That’s where I grew up. The former bait shed, which has replaced their old…
Tucked into weathered brickwork on a tiny side street in Northampton town, you could be forgiven for missing it entirely. A bold yellow-and-black entrance is marked only by a modest Yellow Bourbon Coffee Roasters sign above the door. Downstairs is…
I joined the queue at 9:30am, where every visitor was handed two essentials for the day ahead: a banana and a wristband. With both secured, I headed inside for my first Bristol Coffee Festival. My strategy was simple: speak with…
What do you do when there’s no good coffee shop within walking distance of your home? Open one as a side hustle of course. That’s what Anna Potapova and Anton Potapov did when they launched Holy Grain & Brew in…
After twenty-four years of living in the UK I still come across British weather words I’ve never heard before. Mizzling is one of them, and that’s what it’s doing today as I head down the M1 on my way to…
Finding a specialty coffee shop and a free motorcycle bay right next to each other in Central London is proof that there is a god. Or, at least a saint. Saint Nine sits on Southwark Street, surrounded by offices and…
