Prufrock Coffee on Leather Lane in Clerkenwell was founded by World Barista Champion Gwilym Davies and has operated since 2011 as one of London's most seriously considered coffee shops. The commitment to extraction precision — to the theory and practice of the cup as a craft object — is unambiguous, and the space supports it: calm, unhurried, with a counter designed for instruction as much as service. The Leather Lane market runs outside on weekday mornings, which gives the café a context it uses well: the street brings its noise and energy to the door and the interior receives visitors without being reorganised by it. The coffee programme includes filter, espresso, and a training room below that has produced a significant number of the better baristas now working in the city.
Clerkenwell, London, United Kingdom