%Arabica Battersea Power Station

%Arabica Battersea Power Station sits in Circus West Village under the four restored chimneys. The room is white minimal, the bar is the centrepiece, the aesthetic reads apple store before it reads coffee shop. The brand is the Kyoto-born %Arabica, founded by Kenneth Shoji, now serving across 200+ locations from Kuwait to Cebu. your filter coffee here is the connoisseur order, hot or iced. your chemex pour is the bar's signature, brewed to order on the small bench behind the espresso station, and the rotation through their green programme means the bean changes roughly monthly. you can ask which farm, which mill, which processing. your barista will know. your flat white and cortado are competent on the espresso side, milk balanced, no notes wasted, but the filter is where the bar's voice comes through. the bakes are the unexpected standout. croissants laminated to a near-glass finish, kouign-amann with a salt-sugar…