Week beginning April 11th -- Espresso and latte art lessons

It is a wonderful thing that so many people these days are interested in the sourcing, the quality, the production and the consumption of food and therefore have higher demand for knowledge about where this food comes from, and coffee is no exception.

We also have many of our own customers who show a real interest in how we make coffee, and we have always encouraged and asked those who do to spend five minutes behind the machine with our staff who take them through our beans, grinders, machine, cleanliness and then finish with a double ristretto. This is somehting we really enjoy doing, showing people the precision and effort that goies into making an espresso based drink.

For this reason, we have started our own espresso and latte art lessons. Two nights per week, 1.5 hours per session, you will be taight by our own manager and lead barista Catherine, the theory of coffee production and tamping, the art of espresso making and then will finish with latte art lessons where your challenge is to pour a rosetta, tulip or heart.

If you are interested, please check Catherines website http://www.cathosaurus.com/ for details and bookings. Places are limited each week, so be quick.

In the meantime, with asparagus season well under way, wwe hope you enjoy this weeks menu.


Breakfast
Traditional bircher muesli with rhubarb and raspberry compote 2.90
Granola muesli with pomegranate molasses and rhubarb and raspberry compote 2.90
Fruit salad (pineapple, mango, strawberries, grapes, passionfruit, peach) 3.30
Ciabatta Roll with omelette, pancetta, rocket and tomato salsa 4.20
Croissant with Italian roast ham, talleggio cheese, spinach & plum tomatoes 4.20
Croissant with gruyere cheese and plum tomatoes 3.20
Seven seed bakery bloomer toast with homemade preserves 1.70
Cinnamon and raisin toast 2.00
Banana Bread 2.00

Porridge with condiments of muscovado sugar, dried fruit, chopped nuts, honey or rhubarb and raspberry compote 2.50

Pastries by Seven Seed bakery
French butter croissants 1.60
Pain au chocolat 2.20
Almond croissants 2.70

Baked Treats
Plum and honey muffins 1.80
Courgette and cheese 1.80
Strawberry Friands 1.90
Super moist chocolate brownies 2.20
White chocolate blondies 2.20
Portuguese tarts 1.80
ANZAC cookies 1.60
Pinky Snaps 1.60

Lunch

Foccacias with sea salt and rosemary crust 4.70
Smoked salmon with aioli, dill, red onion, capers, spinach
Manchego cheese with pesto, courgette and rocket

French retro baguettes 4.30
Coppa cotta ham with red onion, gruyere, gherkin, rocket, dijon
Bufala mozzerella with aioli, spinach, basil, tomato, spinach

Salads £4.40/£5.30/£8.50
Vermicelli noodles with free range chicken, carrots, coriander, sesame and chilli
Roast beetroot with goats cheese, broad beans and mint
British aparagus with duck egg mayonnaise

Tart
4.00 or 6.30 with salad
Stuffed courgette tart

Week beginning April 25th - Sunday Opening

Sundays are a great day for drinking coffee, reading the papers and having brunch. It's waht we've been doing for the past `18 months in other cafes, so by very popular demand, we will be now opening on Sundays from May the 8th, 10 am to 5 pm.

Chef Jared and his team Khan, Missy and Sam have also been working on a few new dishes that will be weekend only, brunch style. We do not want to let the cat out of the bag just yet, as they are still in development, but so far we are very very happy with them indeed.

So, Sundays it is, I mean with only a 2 minute walk from the hectic Oxford street, what better than escaping to Kaffeine for a bit on a Sunday, or just spending quality time drinking coffee and relaxing?


Breakfast
Traditional bircher muesli with rhubarb and raspberry compote 2.90
Granola muesli with pomegranate molasses and rhubarb and raspberry compote 2.90
Fruit salad (pineapple, mango, strawberries, grapes, passionfruit, peach) 3.30
Ciabatta Roll with omelette, pancetta, rocket and tomato salsa 4.20
Croissant with Italian roast ham, talleggio cheese, spinach & plum tomatoes 4.20
Croissant with gruyere cheese and plum tomatoes 3.20
Seven seed bakery bloomer toast with homemade preserves 1.70
Cinnamon and raisin toast 2.00
Banana Bread 2.00

Porridge with condiments of muscovado sugar, dried fruit, chopped nuts, honey or rhubarb and raspberry compote 2.50

Pastries by Seven Seed bakery
French butter croissants 1.60
Pain au chocolat 2.20
Almond croissants 2.70

Baked Treats
Jam Doughnuts 1.80
Green peas, feta and mint savoury muffins 1.80
Strawberry Friands 1.90
Super moist chocolate brownies 2.20
White chocolate blondies 2.20
Portuguese tarts 1.80
ANZAC cookies 1.60
Pinky Snaps 1.60

Lunch

Foccacias with sea salt and rosemary crust 4.70
HG Walters organic free range chicken with avocado, salsa verde, tomato and rocket
Bufala mozzerella with peri peri, tomato, spinach

French retro baguettes 4.30
Italian roast ham with sage butter, gherkin, spinach
Herbed ricotta with rocket

Salads £4.40/£5.30/£8.50
HG Walters organic free range chicken adobo with red rice and coriander
Mango, rhubarb, watercress and rocket
Flat cabbage with red chilli, red onion, fish sauce

Tart
4.00 or 6.30 with salad
Manchego cheese with chorizo, red onion and tomato

Week beginning April 18th -- Easter Hot Cross Buns

As it is Easter next week, we cannot resist but to put Hot Cross Buns on the menu, they will be avauilable all week and if you wnat to order a large quantity (6 or more), please do let us know in advance so we can prepare them for you.

Also a short message this week in relation to our Easter and Weddding weekend operating hours and our plans for Sunday opening.

Closed
Good Friday
Easter Sunday
Easter Monday
Wedding Day
Bank Holiday MOnday

Open
Easter Saturday
Saturday 30th

Once all the holidays and celebrations are over, we will be opening on Sundays, so from Sunday the 8th May, from 10 am to 5 pm.

We intend to start to introduce a few variations to our weekend menu once we open on Sundays, more of a brunch all day menu, exciting stuff indeed.

Have a wonderful week, hope to see you in store.

Breakfast
Traditional bircher muesli with rhubarb and raspberry compote 2.90
Granola muesli with pomegranate molasses and rhubarb and raspberry compote 2.90
Fruit salad (pineapple, mango, strawberries, grapes, passionfruit, peach) 3.30
Ciabatta Roll with omelette, pancetta, rocket and tomato salsa 4.20
Croissant with Italian roast ham, talleggio cheese, spinach & plum tomatoes 4.20
Croissant with gruyere cheese and plum tomatoes 3.20
Seven seed bakery bloomer toast with homemade preserves 1.70
Cinnamon and raisin toast 2.00
Banana Bread 2.00

Porridge with condiments of muscovado sugar, dried fruit, chopped nuts, honey or rhubarb and raspberry compote 2.50

Pastries by Seven Seed bakery
French butter croissants 1.60
Pain au chocolat 2.20
Almond croissants 2.70

Baked Treats
Hot Cross Buns 1.80
Eat your greens savoury muffins 1.80
Raspberry Friands 1.90
Super moist chocolate brownies 2.20
White chocolate blondies 2.20
Portuguese tarts 1.80
ANZAC cookies 1.60
Pinky Snaps 1.60

Lunch
Soup 3.30 / 3.80
Spring vegetable

Foccacias with sea salt and rosemary crust 4.70
Smoked salmon with lemon butter, chives and rocket
Plum tomato, mozzerella, peri peri sauce and spinach

French retro baguettes 4.30
Italian roast ham with gherkin, gruyere, spinach, red onion
Blue cheese with rocket, onion jam and apricots

Salads £4.40/£5.30/£8.50
Courgettes with pancetta and herb dressing
Pecorino with outdoor rhubarb, sorrel, mango and mixed seeds
Pak Choy and oyster sauce

Bake
4.00 or 6.30 with salad
Brown rice tuna bake

Floor: Peter, Catherine, Krysty, Justin, Amy, James, Melissa and Jessica.
Kitchen: Jared, Khan, Melissa as well and Sam

Week beginning April 11th -- New neighbours

Welcome back to lovely lovely weather, what an amazing last few days it has been. But also, after 3 months building work and who knows how much planning, we are now able to welcome our new neighbours across the road, the Riding House Cafe.

This looks to be a most amazing venue, a real addition to the community that is Titchfield Village. The guys, Adam and Clive, are brilliant and they bring years of hospitality experience with them. Already they own a popular Bermondsey pub, the Garrison, as well as Village East fine dining restaurant and I would say that this will be their flagship site.

It is absolutly fantastic for me to see industry professionals who are passionate about food, service, wine, decor, design and yes even coffee moving into our neighbourhood. They have bought a la Marzocco FB 80 machine and will be doing cafetiere coffee in their fine dining area, with all beans and tech support will be supplied by Caravan Roastery.

I hope those of you in the area will support them to and help to really bring Titchfield Village into prominence in London and the UK.

Now of course we also have to improve our standards. I look forward to it.

Breakfast
Traditional bircher muesli with rhubarb and raspberry compote 2.90
Granola muesli with pomegranate molasses and rhubarb and raspberry compote 2.90
Fruit salad (pineapple, mango, strawberries, grapes, passionfruit, peach) 3.30
Ciabatta Roll with omelette, pancetta, rocket and tomato salsa 4.20
Croissant with Italian roast ham, talleggio cheese, spinach & plum tomatoes 4.20
Croissant with gruyere cheese and plum tomatoes 3.20
Seven seed bakery bloomer toast with homemade preserves 1.70
Cinnamon and raisin toast 2.00
Banana Bread 2.00

Porridge with condiments of muscovado sugar, dried fruit, chopped nuts, honey or rhubarb and raspberry compote 2.50

Pastries by Seven Seed bakery
French butter croissants 1.60
Pain au chocolat 2.20
Almond croissants 2.70

Baked Treats
Raspberry and white chocolate 1.80
Four Cheese 1.80
Raspberry Friands 1.90
Super moist chocolate brownies 2.20
White chocolate blondies 2.20
Portuguese tarts 1.80
ANZAC cookies 1.60
Pinky Snaps 1.60

Lunch
Soup 3.30 / 3.80
Watercress and Pear

Foccacias with sea salt and rosemary crust 4.70
Pancetta, avocado, tomato, aioli, rocket and gruyere
Plum tomato, feta, peri peri sauce and spinach

French retro baguettes 4.30
Tuna with capers, dill, olives, lime, mayo and spinach
Honey roasted aubergine with yoghurt dressing and rocket

Salads £4.40/£5.30/£8.50
Vermicelli noodles with chicken, carrot, coriander, sesame and chilli
Courgettes with tabasco butter
Pecorino with outdoor rhubarb, sorrel, mango and mixed seeds

Tart
4.00 or 6.30 with salad
Celeriac and herb

Floor: Peter, Catherine, Krysty, Justin, Amy, James, Melissa and Jessica.
Kitchen: Jared, Khan, Melissa as well and Sam

Week beginning April 4th - Cafe Society Awards

Prior to opening, as a part of the business plan and goals, we set certain targets and ideals. Some of thse we have achieved, others not quite, but last week at an awards ceremony I was personally recognised by the industry through the Cafe Society with the Cafe Society Award, as recognition for contributiuon to the industry, as an inpiration to all others. We were also highly commended in the best Independent cafe awards as well. This is truly amazing. I do not profess to be incredible, or the best, I am just doing what I know and trying to do it the best I can. But I cannot do it all on my own.

In 18 months we have achieved a lot and I have a lot of people to thank for all their hard work and effort, from Tony our designer, Dominic the website, Kess the movie, all our wonderful suppliers and of course the backbone, the staff, especially Jared and Catherine who have been with us from the start. Some of you may not also know of the silent partner in the business, a very good friend who backed us at the beginning with financial support, Hayden, and also all the friends who have helped us along the way as well. Then of course, the people I am doing it all for, my wife and daughter. Respect to all and thank you.

Details on the award can be found here

http://www.cafesociety.org.uk/awards/index.shtml

There is a long way to go, not just for Kaffeine, but for the industry as a whole. Exciting times indeed. I hope we all can live up to and further exceed the expectations that thankfully are being put upon us.

Breakfast
Traditional bircher muesli with rhubarb and raspberry compote 2.90
Granola muesli with pomegranate molasses and rhubarb and raspberry compote 2.90
Fruit salad (pineapple, mango, strawberries, grapes, passionfruit, peach) 3.30
Ciabatta Roll with omelette, pancetta, rocket and tomato salsa 4.20
Croissant with Italian roast ham, talleggio cheese, spinach & plum tomatoes 4.20
Croissant with gruyere cheese and plum tomatoes 3.20
Seven seed bakery bloomer toast with homemade preserves 1.70
Cinnamon and raisin toast 2.00
Banana Bread 2.00

Porridge with condiments of muscovado sugar, dried fruit, chopped nuts, honey or rhubarb and raspberry compote 2.50

Pastries by Seven Seed bakery
French butter croissants 1.60
Pain au chocolat 2.20
Almond croissants 2.70

Baked Treats
Bourbon and fudge 1.80
Corn and herb 1.80
Pear and passionfruit Friands 1.90
Super moist chocolate brownies 2.20
White chocolate blondies 2.20
Portuguese tarts 1.80
ANZAC cookies 1.60
Pinky Snaps 1.60

Lunch
Soup 3.30 / 3.80
Spring Greens and gammon

Foccacias with sea salt and rosemary crust 4.70
Pancetta, avocado, tomato, aioli, rocket and gruyere
Plum tomato, bufala mozzerella, salsa verde and rocket

French retro baguettes 4.30
Tuna with capers, dill, olives, lime, mayo and spinach
Aubergine with goats cheese, sweet chilli rocket

Salads £4.40/£5.30/£8.50
Chicken adobo with red rice and coriander
Celeriac roasted with peanut oil
Purple sprouting broccoli with tobasco butter

Tart
4.00 or 6.30 with salad
Flat bread with rocket, fried egg, chilli sambal

Floor: Peter, Catherine, Krysty, Justin, Amy, James, Melissa and Jessica.
Kitchen: Jared, Khan, Melissa as well and Sam

Week beginning March 28th - Lamingtons and Villa Loyola

I missed a week, not very good really and apologies to those who are kind enough to follow us each week. No excuses, it will not happen again.

So, moving on !!

There is so much good news this week, we are very happy indeed.

John Gordon from Square Mile Coffee has won the UK Barista Championship once again and will be representing the UK in the World Championships in June this year in Columbia. Well done John and SQM team.

SQM have also been kind enough to supply us with an amazing single origin coffee. Villa Loyola, a Columbian Cup of Excellence winner that SQM took recently to serve at the TED conference in LA, has arrived. We have only 200 kilos of this beautiful coffee. Our baristas Catherine, Justin, Amy and Krysty are loving it, beautiful to work with, incredible flavour profile. Get in and have some.

Lamingtons. Back on for three days only at the end of this week. Yes, that must also mean it's payday for a lot of you. What could be better? We sold 80 of them in 2 and a half days last month. If you want to preorder a large quantity, please email me.


Breakfast
Traditional bircher muesli with rhubarb and raspberry compote 2.90
Wheat free muesli with popped corn and compote 2.90
Fruit salad (pineapple, mango, strawberries, grapes, passionfruit, peach) 3.30
Ciabatta Roll with omelette, pancetta, rocket and tomato salsa 4.20
Croissant with Italian roast ham, talleggio cheese, spinach & plum tomatoes 4.20
Croissant with gruyere cheese and plum tomatoes 3.20
Seven seed bakery bloomer toast with homemade preserves 1.70
Cinnamon and raisin toast 2.00
Banana Bread 2.00

Porridge with condiments of muscovado sugar, dried fruit, chopped nuts, honey or rhubarb and raspberry compote 2.50

Pastries by Seven Seed bakery
French butter croissants 1.60
Pain au chocolat 2.20
Almond croissants 2.70

Baked Treats
Poached rhubarb muffins 1.80
Coriander, sour cream, tobasco and tomato 1.80
Pear and passionfruit Friands 1.90
Super moist chocolate brownies 2.20
White chocolate blondies 2.20
Portuguese tarts 1.80
ANZAC cookies 1.60
Chocolate Chip Cookies 1.60
Lamingtons 2.50

Lunch
Soup 3.30 / 3.80
Chicken Ginger

Foccacias with sea salt and rosemary crust 4.70
Smoked salmon with aioli. dill, red onion, capers and spinach
Plum tomoto, bufala mozzerella, salsa verde and rocket

French retro baguettes 4.30
Pear with blue cheese, onion jam and rocket
Coppa Cotta ham with gherkin, apple butter, gruyere and spinach

Salads £4.40/£5.30/£8.50
Red Cabbage with pancetta and basil
Spring greens with puy lentils and blue cheese dressing
Purple sprouting broccoli with tobasco butter

Tart
4.00 or 6.30 with salad
Tomato, anchovies, capers, olives, rocket, mozzerella

Floor: Peter, Catherine, Emma, Krysty, Justin, Amy, Melissa and Jessica.
Kitchen: Jared, Khan, Melissa as well and Sam

Week beginning March 14th - Lovely food and Guest Single Origin coffee

Chef Jared has taken our food offer one step further this week and is making his own pumperknickel bread with will then be sliced, toasted and topped with a lime cream cheese, watercress, smoked salmon, cucumber ribbons and red basil cress.

This we serve with our choices of salads, which this week include either fennnel, prunes, chicory, feta, coriander and mustard dressing, or roasted jerusalem artichokes or broccoli with chimichurri dressing.

Just knowing that in his head that all these flavours will work, then putting them together and creating dishes that are colourful, tasty and healthy is such a joy to see.

Finish this off with a poached rhubarb sweet muffin and you could not be happier really.

I am also excited this weke because Square Mile Coffee have given us the opportunity to have a guest siingle origin espresso for the next four weeks. Just being able to say to Anette and James 'yes, I'll have 200 kilos please', was exciting enough. This is the Villa Loyola espresso blend and we are the only cafe to be serving it. It will also be available as a retail bags of 350 grams in store.

We free trialled this coffee with some of our regular customers a few weeks ago and the feedback was fantastic. It is also the coffee that SQM served at the recent TED conference as part of Coffee Common. Exciting stuff indeed, look out for its release date next week sometime.


Breakfast
Traditional bircher muesli with rhubarb and raspberry compote 2.90
Wheat free muesli with popped corn and compote 2.90
Fruit salad (pineapple, mango, strawberries, grapes, passionfruit, peach) 3.30
Ciabatta Roll with omelette, pancetta, rocket and tomato salsa 4.00
Croissant with Italian roast ham, talleggio cheese, spinach & plum tomatoes 4.00
Croissant with gruyere cheese and plum tomatoes 3.20
Seven seed bakery bloomer toast with homemade preserves 1.70
Cinnamon and raisin toast 1.70
Banana Bread 2.00

Porridge with condiments of muscovado sugar, dried fruit, chopped nuts, honey or rhubarb and raspberry compote 2.50

Pastries by Seven Seed bakery
French butter croissants 1.60
Pain au chocolat 2.00
Almond croissants 2.60

Baked Treats
Poached rhubarb muffins 1.80
Coriander, sour cream, tobasco and tomato 1.80
Pear and passionfruit Friands 1.80
Super moist chocolate brownies 2.20
White chocolate blondies 2.20
Portuguese tarts 1.80
ANZAC cookies 1.60
Chocolate Chip Cookies 1.60

Lunch
Soup 3.30 / 3.80
Chicken Ginger

Foccacias with sea salt and rosemary crust 4.70
Mushroom, welsh rarebit and spinach
Pancetta, apricots, brie and rocket

French retro baguettes 4.30
Pear with blue cheese, onion jam and rocket
Italian ham with gherkin, red onion, dijon and spinach

Salads £4.00/£5.00/£8.00
Roasted Jerusalem artichokes
Fennnel, prunes, chicory, feta, coriander and mustard dressing
Broccoli and chimchurri dressing

Pumperknickels
4.00 or 6.00 with salad
Pumperknickel bread with will then be sliced, toasted and topped with a lime cream cheese, watercress, smoked salmon, cucumber ribbons and red basil cress.

Floor: Peter, Catherine, Emma, Krysty, Justin, Amy, Melissa and Jessica.
Kitchen: Jared, Khan, Melissa as well and Sam