Specialty Coffee Roasters · Shoreditch

Small-Batch Roasted, Seriously Smooth

Direct-trade beans roasted on Brick Lane and brewed the way they deserve - flat whites, pour overs and brunch worth crossing the city for.

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Roasted Every Tuesday

Rare Beans. Long Fermentations. Big Flavours.

We roast small batches weekly, so the bag that lands on your doorstep is never more than seven days off the roaster.

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Open Seven Days

Flat Whites, Cold Brew & Brunch All Day

Mon-Fri from 07:30, weekends from 08:00. Come for the coffee, stay for the shakshuka.

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+44 20 7123 4567

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188 Brick Lane

Shoreditch, London E1 6RU

Open Seven Days

Mon-Fri 07:30-19:00 · Sat-Sun 08:00-20:00

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Our Story

Velvet Bean began in 2016 with a second-hand roaster, a borrowed garage in Hackney Wick and an unreasonable opinion about what a flat white should taste like. Ten years on, we still roast every batch ourselves - slowly, in small lots, from beans we buy directly from growers we have actually visited.

Our cafe on Brick Lane is where it all comes together: the roastery's single origins on pour over, a house blend dialled in for milk, and a kitchen that treats brunch as seriously as the coffee it accompanies. Same beans, same people, same obsession.

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Beans, brew gear and cafe favourites delivered anywhere in the UK. Roasted to order on Tuesday, at your door by Friday.

Fastest Delivery

Free next-day delivery in central London on orders over £25, with a coffee bag that is never more than a week off the roaster.

Quality Coffee

Every lot is cupped, scored and sourced direct from origin. If we would not drink it, we do not roast it.

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Our Menu

From a 07:30 flat white to a two-hour Sunday brunch: our menu follows the seasons and the roaster's mood, but a few things never change - the house blend, the shakshuka and the cinnamon roll that sells out by eleven.

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Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts.

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Customers Say

Regulars, wholesale partners and one very opinionated barista's mum.

“The best flat white in East London, hands down. Their Ethiopian single origin tastes like blueberries and honey - I will not drink anything else on a Sunday.”

Sophie M. Regular since 2019

“We switched our wholesale account to Velvet Bean and our customers noticed within a week. The beans arrive days off the roaster and the team's training support is second to none.”

Priya K. Cakes & Bakes, Hackney

“Velvet Bean's coffee cart made our office move bearable - the baristas were brilliant, the flat whites consistent, and the queue became the best meeting room in the building.”