Notes Coffee Roasters & Bar | Gherkin

the financial district isn't where you'd expect to find a roaster worth lingering over, but 30 st mary axe has a way of surprising people. notes has set up inside the gherkin itself, which is a strange and genuinely interesting choice, and the result is a specialty coffee stop that serves the city's insurance and finance crowd without ever feeling like it was built purely for that purpose. if you're cutting through ec3a on a weekday morning, it's a legitimate reason to adjust your route. they roast their own beans, so what ends up in your cup comes from a supply chain they actually control. not many places in this part of london can say that. the flat white here is a reasonable place to start.