Perfected by coffee experts: 'Midnight Oil' coffee liqueur and ready-to-serve espresso martini. Born out of a desire to bring specialty coffee to London, Climpson & Sons has been a welcoming venue for the Hackney community since 2002. Previously a butchers, Climpson & Sons gained it's first concrete home, after Ian Burgess saw the opportunity to grow from a market coffee cart, to a cafe in the centre of a thriving and vibrant community.
The cafe on Broadway Market offers a friendly and relaxed atmosphere for customers to enjoy an expertly curated coffee menu, roasted down the road at their London Fields coffee roastery. We recommend the Broadway Blend, a bespoke seasonal coffee, for the perfect flat white or well balanced espresso.
The cafe on Broadway Market offers a friendly and relaxed atmosphere for customers to enjoy an expertly curated coffee menu, roasted down the road at their London Fields coffee roastery. We recommend the Broadway Blend, a bespoke seasonal coffee, for the perfect flat white or well balanced espresso.
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The design of the Linea Mini is based on the most iconic La Marzocco machine ever built, the Linea Classic. Loved by thousands of professional baristas, the Linea Classic truly helped launch the specialty coffee movement of the early 1990s. With the Linea Mini, you can create an espresso revolution in your kitchen or office.
You'll need a V60 brewer, scales, grinder, freshly roasted coffee, filtered water, filter papers, a kettle, a cup, a stirrer and a timer. Weigh out 15g of coffee and grind to a medium setting, you want the consistency to be that of granulated sugar. For this one, you're going to need a cafetiere - obviously, we recommend the Bodum Brazil, you'll also need a kettle, filtered water, grinder, scales and some roasted coffee.
Climpson & Sons are pioneers in the evolving London specialty coffee scene. Our ambition is to continue sourcing, roasting and crafting the finest coffees from the heart of East London. Our range of espressos, blends and single origin beans reflect what we do: a boundless exploration into the possibilities of flavour.
With an intense focus on sourcing unique and exciting coffees we are inspired to take equal care in our approach to roasting. All of our coffee is roasted on our environmentally friendly Loring SmartRoast S35 where our objective is to evenly develop each coffee's inherent sweetness, highlighting clarity and balance.
It's not just a buzzword to us. Our vision is to integrate sustainable development into every aspect of our business, rather than simply putting a checkmark next to the box for 'sustainability'. At Climpson & Sons, sustainability is about striking a balance between three core elements: economic growth, social inclusion, and environmental protection.
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Sven Reisinger
Dec 26, 2021
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Philip Alexandre Livchitz
Dec 07, 2021
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Caroline Brooks
Nov 17, 2021
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Not accessible- there's a big step, but they have moved the counter to the doorway and brought the contact less card machine over to me. Coffee 5 stars, staff niceness 5 stars, minus one star for the big step. Please note if you have vison or balance issues, the door step is very wonky on the right & a bit of a hazard.
Daniel Patterson
Jun 06, 2021
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Henry Fuentes Valencia
May 19, 2021
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LETTER - Æ ( UTUS....DEUS....AM.. ) .+. IT IS ALSO HERE IN THIS HOLY SCRIPTURE THE ANSWER AND QUESTION THAT I MARKED, AND YOU WILL SEE THE LIGHT OF TRUE HISTORY THAT IS BEING SAID IN THE BOOK OF… COMMANDMENT, AND THE REASONS WHY ROMAN MADE THE SECRETS WHICH HE HID AND CONCEALED FROM THE PEOPLE AND FROM THE WHOLE WORLD… BECAUSE ROMAN DOES NOT WANT TO OPEN ANYMORE THE HOLY BOOK OF UTUS WHERE MY THREE HOLY COMMANDMENTS WERE MARKED…. ROMAN SECRETED FROM THE PEOPLE AND FROM THE WHOLE WORLD MY TRUE HOLY COMMANDMENTS SO THAT YOU COULD NOT COME NEAR ME, ON CORRECT CALL TO MY
Alyona Botanova
Sep 14, 2020
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Felix Gan
Jul 27, 2020
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Navdeep Nikki Kalsi
Nov 04, 2019
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Kristian Woodroffe
Jan 04, 2019
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Dora H.
Dec 24, 2018
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The climpson & sons coffee shop was a fab find in the area. If you are visiting the market you must swing by. I usually cannot drink straight espresso because it is just too bitter and too sour, but the espresso at this shop was complex, nutty, silky and delicious like nectar from coffee beans. I highly recommend trying their espressos straight. Note that one of their blends is more sour and one of them taste more chocolatey so ask the baristas for the flavour profile before you order.
Teck Heng Tan
Aug 09, 2018
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Nauris Eglitis
Apr 16, 2018
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Jatuporn Kritwatthanakorn
Jan 19, 2018
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Simone Olckers
Aug 23, 2017
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Nicola Shani Nugent
Sep 11, 2016
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Sam O.
Jan 11, 2016
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Excellent coffee! Coming from someone that loves coffee it is a real compliment. I tried their house blend and it was was perfectly balanced. The team there is professional and friendly. Not really sure about the food option they have as they are located in the hottest street food market, but I would definitely recommend this place for a good coffee.
Jara P.
Jul 27, 2015
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Jack D.
Jan 12, 2015
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Coffee is a way of life and if possible I'd drink nothing else. If you're at all on my level of thinking then Climpsons is a must for you to visit. The coffee they serve is incredible and almost addictive. ***Correction, it is addictive.
The sweet smells of the beans can be picked up halfway down the market and it only drags people in to this lovely little cafe on Broadway market. The place is very hipster, it feels very creative and certainly an IT-place to be seen in. I really like the fact there's a huge world map on the wall showcasing the various beans that they serve there
The sweet smells of the beans can be picked up halfway down the market and it only drags people in to this lovely little cafe on Broadway market. The place is very hipster, it feels very creative and certainly an IT-place to be seen in. I really like the fact there's a huge world map on the wall showcasing the various beans that they serve there
Bea B.
Nov 25, 2011
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Consistently good espresso drinks are to be found at C and S. The bevvies, as others have already mentioned, may take FOREVER to come up on the counter/be delivered to your seat, but they do, eventually, get there.
Cash-poor folk beware: C and S will charge you a 50 pence (annoyance fee) if you try to purchase your goods with a card. I was told that this is to dissuade folk from doing so when the line is out the door and folk are only ordering one coffee drink and wanting to pay by card as it slows the line down and is a pain. (I totally get that, btw.) I, on the other hand, was purchasing
Cash-poor folk beware: C and S will charge you a 50 pence (annoyance fee) if you try to purchase your goods with a card. I was told that this is to dissuade folk from doing so when the line is out the door and folk are only ordering one coffee drink and wanting to pay by card as it slows the line down and is a pain. (I totally get that, btw.) I, on the other hand, was purchasing
Catherine H.
Nov 28, 2008
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In the famous words of Twin Peaks' Agent Dale Cooper, this café made me want to repeat the celebrated phrase, "That's a damn fine cup o' coffee."
With a good cup of coffee, a fresh continental sandwich, cake, a simple interior, wooden benches, friendly staff, and a good newspaper, Climpson and Sons definitely know how to make a good café. Best avoided on Saturdays, come and taste the best coffee in the area right here. And with the cute system of writing the customer's names on cups, the staff eventually always get to know their best regular customers. With limited
With a good cup of coffee, a fresh continental sandwich, cake, a simple interior, wooden benches, friendly staff, and a good newspaper, Climpson and Sons definitely know how to make a good café. Best avoided on Saturdays, come and taste the best coffee in the area right here. And with the cute system of writing the customer's names on cups, the staff eventually always get to know their best regular customers. With limited
