A detour to Lower Marsh to investigate a street food market I happened upon Love & Scandal.
Would I like to try a coffee?
Yes, but sorry no time, I am on my way to a coffee festival, Union Summer Carnival at Union Hand-Roasted Coffee, somewhere in Docklands, one of the top coffee roasters in the country.
Maybe later, If I have time.
On leaving Union Hand-Roasted Coffee, I decided I would return.
Too hot to sit outside, we sat outside discussing Cyprus, Turkey, the divided island and the Middle East. It turned out my host was a Turkish-Cypriot. Interesting to hear from the other side.
Eventually I got around to ordering falafel wrap, hummus and salad. Followed by a cappuccino.
The coffee used, a blend form Alchemy, Opus Espresso v 12. Like Pioneer from Horsham Coffee Roasters, the blend is seasonally adjusted to attempt to retain a similar flavour profile, cocoa, hazelnut, orange.
I had not heard of Alchemy, but speaking to a Greek barista at Union Summer Carnival, he said it was a highly regarded coffee roaster.
Only for the last couple of weeks, Love & Alchemy has been opening in the evening as a bistro.
Sadly I was the only one there.
On leaving sometime after ten o’clock, I was surprised to find a man with a van from Grimsby selling fresh fish.
Tags: coffee, London, Love & Scandal, Lower Marsh
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