London Roastery & Café

Slow coffee, roasted and poured after dark.

We roast small batches in the heart of the city and serve them warm until late — single-origin espresso, hand-poured brews, and bakery made fresh each morning.

Small-batch
roasted in-house
Open till late
7 days a week
Ethically sourced
direct-trade beans
Coffee beans being roasted in the Velvet Bean roastery

From the roastery

Every bean has a story — we just finish the chapter.

Velvet Bean began as one drum roaster and a stubborn idea: that a proper cup of coffee is worth waiting for. We source directly from growers we know by name, paying fairly and roasting in small batches so nothing ever sits long enough to lose its character.

What lands in your cup was green a week ago, roasted two days back, and ground to order. It is slow by design — and that is the whole point.

12

grower partners

48h

roast to pour

100%

direct-trade

From the counter

What our regulars say.

“The flat white here ruined every other coffee for me. Worth the late-night detour across the city.”
Priya Shah

Priya Shah

Regular, Shoreditch

“You can taste that the beans were roasted days ago, not months. The croissants are the best I've had in London.”
Tom Whitfield

Tom Whitfield

Local, Hackney

“Warm, low lighting, and someone who actually knows the coffee. It feels like a secret worth keeping.”
Amara Okafor

Amara Okafor

Visitor, Islington

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