Happy New Year! - Menu January 4th

So here we are - I am sure a lot of people may be saying this - New year , new decade, new start, and why not? 2010 is going to be a big year, not just for Kaffeine, but for specialty coffee industry in London, especially with the World Barista Championships in June.

We are very much looking forward to am amazing year ahead, hopefully a hot summer and a lot of positive action and belief.

Breakfast
Porridge with choice of condiments including nuts, dried fruit, honey and muscovado sugar £2.20
Croissants with Italian roast ham, taleggio cheese, plum tomatoes and spinach £3.50
Ciabattini with poached egg, english bacon, tomato salsa, aioli and rocket £3.50
Traditional Bircher Muesli pots with homemade rhubarb and raspberry compote £2.50
Wheat Free Muesli made with dried nuts and fruit, chopped popcorn and rhubarb and raspberry compote £2.50

Baked Goods
Raspberry Jam Doughnut Muffins £1.50
Courgette and Cheese Muffins £1.50
Super Moist Chocolate Brownies £1.80
Lemon Cream Cheese Frinads (Wheat Free) £1.70
Portuguese Tarts £1.50
Apple and Cinnamon Bread £1.50
Chocolate Chip or Butternut Cookies £1.20
Banana Bread £1.50

Soups (£3.00 or £3.50)
Mon/Tues/Weds
Parsnip, chilli and coriander
Thurs/Fri/Sat
Tomato and Creme Fraiche

Lunch
Sea Salt and Rosemary Foccacias filled with
Smoked salmon, capers, red onion, dill, aioli and spinach £4.50
Italian Roast ham with herb ricotta and rocket £4.50

Retro Baguettes filled with
Italian Roast ham, red onion, plum tomato, rocket, aioli and dijon £4.00
Bufala Mozzeralla, plum tomato, basil and aioli £4.00

Salads (small £4.50/large £6.50)
Portobello Mushrooms stuffed with parsley, parmasan cheese, nuts, bread crumbs and olive oil
Roast tomato, courgettes, caramelised red onion with rocket and homemade pesto
Roast aubergine and chestnut salad with tahini dressing

We hope to see you in 2010 and are sure you will enjoy what we have to offer with quality, seasonal food and very very good coffee. If you do read this menu/blog and then come in, please do let me know! There is a chocolate brownie waiting for you.

Many thanks..
The Kaffeine crew.

Christmas Hours

Hello and Merry Christmas to all,
I am sorry it is a bit late, but this is just so that we are all aware of our Christmas hours over the festive period. Like most other good, independant cafes in London, we are closed over the Christmas New Year period for a well deserved break.

If you are looking for a hit of caffeine over this time, I suggest Flat White in Berwick Street.

Thursday 24th closed all the way through to the 4th of January.

January 4th we're open with usual hours.

7.30 am to 6 pm

Have a fabulous Christmas and a wonderful New Year. We really really appreciate all the support in our first year. We are very much looking forward to an amazing 2010.

Peter, Catherine, Jared, Estelle, Rhea, Erin.

Week beginning December 7th

Mince Pies? Italian style Pan Forte? Simply amazing chocolate rum balls? It's all about Christmas over the next 2 and a half weeks as we get into the festive spirit (we are always in good spirits at Kaffeine, why wouldn't we be?), but now we are getting festive, and perhaps a bit silly on occasions too, who knows....

Anyway, Jared and our new commis chef Erin have come up with a few simply lovely treats to lead us up to the big day and get us (and you) through the busy days ahead.

It truly is wonderful to come into the shop on a cold winters day to a warm welcome, really, really good coffee and incredible treats, not too forget our warming porridge and soups, foccacias and baguettes on offer as well.

Enjoy, it's what life should be all about.

Breakfast

· Porridge with condiments of chopped dried fruit or nuts, muscovado sugar,

honey or golden syrup 2.20

· Bircher Muesli pots with rhubarb and raspberry compote 2.50

· Wheat free muesli with nuts, dried fruit, popped corn, rhubarb & raspberry compote 2.50

· Croissants with roast ham, plum tomatoes and taleggio cheese 3.50

· Ciabattini with poached egg, English bacon, spinach and tomato salsa 3.50

· Seven Seeded loaf toast with homemade preserves and French butter 1.50

Pastries

· Croissants 1.60

· Pain au raisin 1.90

· Almond Croissants 2.30

· Pain au Chocolate 1.80

Own baked treats and sweets

· Chocolate and blackberry muffins 1.50

· Squash and courgette muffins 1.50

· Mince pies 1.70

· Panforte 1.50

· Simply amazing chocolate rum balls .50

· Super moist chocolate brownies 1.80

· Portuguese tarts 1.50

· Banana Bread 1.50

· Carrot cake friands 1.70

· Cinnamon and Raisin bread 1.50

Lunch

Soup

· Potato, Pea and Rosemary OR White Carrot, Chilli and Coriander 3.00/3.50

Thin Foccacia with sea salt and olive oil crust

· Bufala mozzarella, plum tomatoes, rocket and aioli 4.50

· Smoked Salmon and Spinach with home made aioli 4.50

French retro baguettes

· Coppa Costa (Italian Roast Ham), rocket, plum tomato, red onion and dijon 4.00

· Courgette, plum tomato, gruyere and aioli 4.00

Calzone

· Courgette, red peppers, potato, onion, tomato and oregano 3.50

Salads

· Camargue red rice, ham, cranberries, red onion, rocket, red onion and courgette and pineapple dressing 4.50 /6.50

· Roast parsnip, chilli and sage 4.50 /6.50

Drinks

San Pellegrino Cans 1.50

· Aranciata, Chinotto, Limonata

Fresh Juices

· Orange Presse 1.50

· Citron Presse 1.80

Chegworth Valley Juices

· Cox and Bramley, Pear, Apple and Raspberry, Apple and Elderflower 1.90

November 30th - oh forget it, lets call it December

Three weeks Three weeks!! (and a half) until Christmas. What does that mean, cold weather of course, but even better, it means a lovely warm cafe (respect to all those market coffee stalls out there brrrrr), the windows all steam up and the smell of fresh ground coffee is mingling with fresh baked Christmas tarts, or Panforte, or banana bread, or our famous super moist chocolate brownies.

Remember that we can do large orders if required, a tray of brownies perhaps? Perfect for a Christmas party, or if you wish to make a lovely present to someone, how about a jar of carrot and lemon marmalade.

Hope to see you soon, if we can through the foggy windows!!

Breakfast from 7.30 am

Organic Porridge with condiments: honey, chopped fruit or nuts, muscovado sugar 2.20
Traditional Bircher muesli pots with fruit compote and fat free yoghurt 2.50
Wheat free muesli pots with nuts, dried fruit, popped corn, fat free yoghurt & fruit compote 2.50
Croissants with Italian roast ham, plum tomatoes, spinach and talleggio cheese 3.50

Ciabbattini with poached egg, English bacon and tomato salsa with rocket and aioli 3.50
Bloomer toast with homemade carrot & lemon marmalade or plum jam,
marmite, nutella or vegemite 1.50

Pastries from Seven Seeded Bakery
Croissants 1.60
Pain au Chocolate 1.80
Pain au raisin 1.90
Almond Croissants 2.30

Own made baked goods and sweets
Pear and Plum muffins 1.50
Sweet corn, spinach and cheese savoury muffins 1.50
Carrot Cake friands (almond meal base muffins) 1.70
Homemade cinnamon and apricot bread 1.50
Super moist chocolate brownies 1.80
Portuguese tarts 1.50
Butternut or chocolate chip cookies 1.20
Banana bread 1.80

Christmas Goodies

Christmas tarts 1.50

Panforte 2.50


Lunch from 11.30 am
Soup! One per day - changes daily

Leek and Tarragon Soup OR Pumpkin and Clementine Soup 3.00/3.50

Thin Foccacia's with olive oil and sea salt crust filled with
Italian Roast ham with herb and garlic ricotta and rocket 4.50
Smoked salmon with baby spinach, dill, red onion with own made aioli 4.50

Fresh baguettes
Italian roast ham, tomato, dijon, rocket, and red onion 3.50
Bufala mozzerella, plum tomatoes, spinach, basil and aioli 3.00

Salads
Pumpkin, wet walnuts, goats cheese, red jalapenos and spinach 4.50 / 6.50
Romanesco Cauliflower with garlic and chilli 4.50 / 6.50

Drinks
San Pellegrino Cans 1.50
Aranciata, Limonata, Chinotto

Chegworth valley Juices 1.90
Cox and Bramley, Apple and Raspberry, Apple and Elderflower, Pear

Freshly Squeezed Juices
Citron Presse 1.80
Orange Presse 1.50

Week of November 16th

It seems that word is spreading for our baked sweet treats as well as our coffee. Time out have twittered this week that our Portuguese tarts are 'amazing' and they have even added us in their updated cafes of London list as one of the best looking coffee shops out there.

The kind people at Qype came in on Friday to celebrate one of theirs leaving and bought a shed load of cakes and twittered their hearts away on Friday night about how good they were.

This is all really appreciated, but what is appreciated even more is the lovely people who come in every day and support us, a small independent cafe in Central London trying to give people, quite simply, really really really good coffee and food. For that we thank you.

You can follow us or make comments on twitter by searching for kaffeinelondon. See you on there.

Weekly Menu
November 9th to 15th

Breakfast from 7.30 am

Organic Porridge with condiments: Honey, chopped fruit or nuts, muscovado sugar 2.20
Traditional Bircher muesli pots with fruit compote and fat free yoghurt 2.50
Wheat free muesli pots with nuts, dried fruit, popped corn, fat free yoghurt & fruit compote 2.50
Croissants with Italian roast ham, plum tomatoes and talleggio cheese 3.50

Ciabbattini with poached egg, English bacon and tomato salsa with rocket 3.50
Bloomer toast with homemade carrot & lemon marmalade or plum jam,
marmite, nutella or vegemite 1.50


Pastries from Seven Seeded Bakery
Croissants 1.60
Pain au Chocolate 1.80
Pain au raisin 1.90
Almond Croissants 2.30

Own made baked goods and sweets
Lemon and cream cheese muffins 1.50
Tomato, onion and cheese muffins 1.50
Carrot Cake friands (almond meal base muffins) 1.70
Homemade cinnamon and apricot bread 1.50
Super moist chocolate brownies 1.80
Portuguese tarts 1.50
Butternut or chocolate chip cookies 1.20
Banana bread 1.80


Lunch from 11.30 am
Soup! One per day - changes daily

French Onion Soup with Gruyere Cheese OR Tomato, borlotti beans and oregano 3.00/3.50

Thin Foccacia's with olive oil and sea salt crust filled with
Italian Roast ham with herb and garlic ricotta and rocket 4.50
Smoked salmon with baby spinach, dill, red onion with own made aioli 4.50

Fresh baguettes
Italian roast ham, tomato, dijon, rocket, and red onion 3.50
Bufala mozzerella, plum tomatoes, spinach, basil and aioli 3.00

Salads
Roast parsnip, chilli and sage 4.50 / 6.50
Camargue rice, carrots, red peppers, onion, halloumi cheese and peanuts 4.50 / 6.50

Bake

Baked onion squash with thyme, creme fraiche and gruyere 3.50

Drinks
San Pellegrino Cans 1.50
Aranciata, Limonata, Chinotto

Chegworth valley Juices 1.90
Cox and Bramley, Apple and Raspberry, Apple and Elderflower, Pear

Freshly Squeezed Juices
Citron Presse 1.80
Orange Presse 1.50

For those who follow us on Twitter, you know we try to keep you updated with what is happening with the food that is coming out of the kitchen at certain times of the day so that you know what's cooking. It is also a real pleasure when customers come in and say ' wow, this place smells amazing! What is it?' Then we have to decide whether it is the brownies, the organic porridge, the muffins, the cookies, the salad ingredients or perhaps the bacon for the wonderful bacon rolls we now have, or is it just that we have opened another bucket of Square Mile coffee? I wonder.....

It's all good really, however, if someone could just invent smellatwit we would be able to 'tweet' the smells of the kitchen to you as well. Anyway, will have to just keep tweeting photos......

Weekly Menu
November 9th to 15th

Breakfast from 7.30 am

Organic Porridge with condiments: Honey, chopped fruit or nuts, muscovado sugar 2.20
Traditional Bircher muesli pots with fruit compote and fat free yoghurt 2.50
Wheat free muesli pots with nuts, dried fruit, popped corn, fat free yoghurt & fruit compote 2.50
Croissants with poached egg, plum tomato and tallegio cheese 4.00

Croissants with Italian roast ham and talleggio cheese 3.50

Ciabbattini with poached eggs, English smoked bacon and tomato salsa 3.50
Bloomer toast with homemade carrot & lemon marmalade or plum jam,
marmite, nutella or vegemite 1.50


Pastries from Seven Seeded Bakery
Croissants 1.60
Pain au Chocolate 1.80
Pain au raisin 1.90
Almond Croissants 2.30

Own made baked goods and sweets
Lemon and cream cheese muffins 1.50
Pumpkin, spinach and cheese muffins 1.50
Carrot Cake friands (almond meal base muffins) 1.70
Homemade Cinnamon and raisin bread 1.50
Super moist chocolate brownies 1.80
Portuguese tarts 1.50
Butternut or chocolate chip cookies 1.20
Banana bread 1.80


Lunch from 11.30 am
Soup!

Red lentil and vegetable soup OR Potato, ham and pea soup 3.00/3.50

Thin Foccacia's with olive oil and sea salt crust filled with
Italian Roast ham, herb and garlic ricotta and rocket 4.50
Smoked salmon with baby spinach, dill, red onion with own made aioli 4.50

Fresh baguettes
Italian roast ham, tomato, dijon, rocket, and red onion 3.50
Bufala mozzerella, plum tomatoes, spinach, basil and aioli 3.00

Salads
Pumpkin, wet walnuts, red jalapino and goats cheese salad 4.50 / 6.50
Camargue rice, kumara, chantenay carrots and rocket salad 4.50 / 6.50

Bake

Brown rice with tuna, peppers, potato, coriander and dill 3.50
Drinks

San Pellegrino Cans 1.50
Aranciata, Limonata, Chinotto

Chegworth valley Juices 1.90
Cox and Bramley, Apple and Raspberry, Apple and Elderflower, Pear

Freshly Squeezed Juices
Citron Presse 1.80
Orange Presse 1.50

As we get into the colder months now, we have started with organic porridge in the mornings with condiments to top it up with including dark muscovado sugar, dried fruit, chopped nuts and honey. Then at lunchtimes we have wonderful soups served with a piece of crusty bread to warm the cockles. It is dark by 5.00 p.m., so the cafe takes on a new look withe the exposed brick walls and the lighting creating a really nice ambience.

Saturdays are proving perfect for catching up with friends or just coming in and reading the papers, have a coffee or two and escaping from reality. Saturdays, perfect for a shot of Kaffeine.

Jams for sale:

Our amazing secret recipe marmalade is now for sale to take home and not only that, but you can have red fruit jam or damson plum and baby kiwi jam as well. This week we have added my own favorite, fig jam. Yum. Ask us in store.

Weekly Menu
November 2nd to 8th

Breakfast from 7.30 am

Organic Porridge with condiments: Honey, chopped fruit or nuts, muscovado sugar 2.20
Traditional Bircher muesli pots with fruit compote and fat free yoghurt 2.50
Wheat free muesli pots with nuts, dried fruit, popped corn, fat free yoghurt & fruit compote 2.50
Croissants with poached egg, plum tomato and tallegio cheese 4.00

Croissants with Italian roast ham and talleggio cheese 3.50

Ciabbattini with scrambled eggs, English smoked bacon and tomato salsa 3.50
Bloomer toast with homemade carrot & lemon marmalade or plum jam,
marmite, nutella or vegemite 1.50


Pastries from Seven Seeded Bakery
Croissants 1.60
Pain au Chocolate 1.80
Pain au raisin 1.90
Almond Croissants 2.30

Own made baked goods and sweets
Plum and Coconut muffins 1.50
Tomato, herb and cheese muffins 1.50
Carrot Cake friands (almond meal base muffins) 1.70
Homemade Cinnamon and raisin bread 1.50
Super moist chocolate brownies 1.80
Portuguese tarts 1.50
Butternut or chocolate chip cookies 1.20
Banana bread 1.80
Key Lime Pie 1.90

Lunch from 11.30 am

Soup!

Roast Pumpkin Soup OR Aubergine, Pecorino, Yoghurt and Thyme Soup 3.00/3.50

Thin Foccacia with olive oil and sea salt crust
Bufala mozzerella, plum tomatoes, rocket and aioli 4.50
Smoked salmon with baby spinach, dill, red onion with own made aioli 4.50

Fresh baguettes
Italian roast ham, tomato, dijon, rocket, and red onion 3.50
Red peppers, spinach, goats cheese and aioli 3.00

Salads
Braised Chickpeas, with tomato, ginger and parsley 4.50 / 6.50
Broccoli, ham, chilli and cheese cannaloni 4.50 / 6.50

Tart

Red peppers, Goats Cheese and Olive Tapenade tart 2.50

Drinks

San Pellegrino Cans 1.50
Aranciata, Limonata, Chinotto

Chegworth valley Juices 1.90
Cox and Bramley, Apple and Raspberry, Apple and Elderflower, Pear

Freshly Squeezed Juices
Citron Presse 1.80
Orange Presse 1.50