Kettle
A corner café with plants, a long counter and a few small tables.

Since 2016, on the corner

We serve coffee and we are not a place to work. There is no wifi, there are eleven seats, and the longest anybody has ever sat in one is about forty minutes.

An espresso machine on the counter, seen from the side.
One machine, two grinders, and a filter brewer that we will use if you ask.

The list

Prices to take away. Add 30p to sit down; that is what the washing up costs and we would rather say so than hide it.

Espresso

Espresso£2.20

Macchiato£2.50

Flat white£3.10

Latte£3.30

Filter

Batch brew£2.60

Hand brewed£3.60

Second cup, same visit£1.00

Not coffee

Tea, one kind£2.40

Hot chocolate£3.20

Tap waterfree, always

What is not on this list A single cup on a green table.

“Do you have wifi?” is the most common question we get, and the answer has been no for nine years.

The sign is by the door, in case you missed it on the way in

The back bar with bottles and the blackboard above it.
The board, which is the only menu that counts.
People at a long table in a bright room.
Half past eight, which is when the eleven seats go.
A dark bar with warm lights out of focus.
Three in the afternoon, when it is ours again.
Three cups of coffee held up over a table.

Before you come

Seats
Eleven, and they are all taken between eight and half past nine on a weekday. Most of what we sell goes out of the door, and that is by design.
Milk
Cow, oat and nothing else. Oat is the same price. We will not do a half-and-half and we will explain why if you have a minute.
Paying
Card or cash. There is no loyalty card, no app and no points; the second cup on the same visit is a pound and that is the whole scheme.
Food
One thing a day, from the bakery two streets over, and when it is gone it is gone. We do not do lunch and we will happily tell you who does.
Working
No wifi and one socket, which is behind the counter and is ours. Forty minutes is about right; nobody will ask you to leave, but you will feel it.
Dogs and children
Both welcome, both on the floor rather than the chairs, because there are only eleven of them.