Dose
James Phillips, a Kiwi, a coffee aficionado and an ex-shift manager at Ottolenghi Islington, has just opened Dose, a lovely and personal coffee shop near the Barbican.
I went there with Basia a couple of weeks ago to wish Jimi and Marketa, also an Ottolenghi person (she is still with us, luckily!), lots of luck with their new venture and taste Jimi's incredible coffee.
Dose is the sort of place that London misses terribly but is so common in Australia and New Zealand, an independent food or drink outlet where individual entrepreneurial spirit and love of anything food related is written on the walls.
Jimi would talk to anyone who walks in about his love affair with coffee, about espresso as an artisanal craft, about embracing coffee as seriously as wine.
Mind, it is a small place and does mostly take-away.
The coffee at Dose is supplied by Square Mile Roasters, a London based company that supplies our Islington branch. Their coffee is ethically sourced, carefully roasted and delivered in reusable buckets. Their blend changes with the seasons to ensure that it is always fresh and representative of the best coffees around.
You can also get some home-made sandwiches at Dose and little sweet bites to go with the delicious coffee.
Jimi with his girlfriend Helen
Comments
Agree — good coffee places isn't a commodity in London.
Looks like a must visit next time i'm in London. Along with the obligatory Ottolenghi breakfast ;)
Nico,
I hope you get some descent coffee in Sweden!
Lots of Love
Coffee is a big part of the Swedish working culture. A bit like Tea in Britain. But generally, a 'coffee' in Sweden is a cup of filter coffee and not a "real cup of coffee" (an espresso). But cafés and restaurants generally do good quality. And there is a charm to the Swedish filter coffee ;)
For all the coffee fanatics, Tazza d'Oro in Rome is a warm recommendation: http://www.tazzadorocoffeeshop.com/
That's coffee. Yotam, I haven't come even close to your croissant in either Sweden or Italy ;)
As a Melbourne-ite I'm always on the look out for good coffee places. Thanks for the heads - up!
Dose is my ultimate cafe-bar. It was recommended to me by the lady at Soko Coffee in St Albans www.sokocoffee.co.uk also very good coffee here too!
Thanks for the tip! I miss being able to pop in somewhere local for a good flat white on the way to work every morning. Some other good sources of a Kiwi-style caffeine fix are the Flat White in Berwick St, Providores/the Tapa Room on Marylebone High St, Sacred on Carnaby St, and (my new favourite) Bullet (upstairs in Snow & Rock) at Covent Garden.