QU Espresso ltd

you're on standard road, nw10, and it takes about thirty seconds to clock that this isn't a high street situation. studio 32 and 33 at 54-56 is a working roastery address, the kind of place where the coffee you're drinking was probably roasted a short walk from where you're standing. qu espresso doesn't position itself as a café destination so much as a production base that happens to put espresso in your hands, which changes the texture of the whole visit. you're closer to the source here than you are in most of london. the espresso is the point, not the backdrop to something else, and that focus tends to show up in the cup. if you're heading out that way, go before noon.