Ricardo Vargas

about workshop coffee (roastery)

london has more specialty coffee than it knows what to do with, which means the good places have to be genuinely good to survive. workshop coffee's roastery on vyner st in bethnal green is one of those places. you're coming here to get close to the source, not just the cup. vyner street sits in that slightly industrial stretch of east london where creative businesses have quietly taken root over the years, and a roastery fits that texture well. this is where the coffee gets made before it goes anywhere else, which gives the whole operation a different weight than a standard café visit. no performance, no pretense. just the actual work of sourcing and roasting, happening on the street where you can find it.

london, uk