Our Coffee
Our House Espresso
Brazilian at heart, finished with a coffee from Honduras, and poured on Hackney Road in a restored 1856 brewery.
The Cup
What's in the cup
Our house espresso is smooth and sweet with a clean finish: chocolate cake first, then butterscotch and praline, with a hint of raisin. It's made to work both ways, as a straight espresso or long black, and with milk in a flat white.
The Origins
Where it comes from
The heart of it comes from Minas Gerais in south-east Brazil: three varietals, Catuai, Mundo Novo and Bourbon, dried whole in the cherry under the sun. That natural process is where the chocolate and butterscotch come from.
To finish it, we add a fully washed, sun-dried coffee from Lepaterique in Honduras, seven villages in the mountains of Francisco Morazán where families grow coffee alongside the food they live on. Its Lempira and Ihcafe 90 varietals give the cup its clean, sweet finish.
The Decaf
Decaf, made properly
Our decaf comes from the same part of Brazil. The caffeine is taken out with water and a natural compound made from fermented sugarcane, which keeps the flavour of the bean: chocolate, black cherry and brown sugar. It's made to the same recipe as everything else, and it's just as good with oat milk.
The Method
How we make it
Every shot is weighed: 18 grams of ground coffee in, 36 grams of espresso out, pulled in 25 to 30 seconds. Oat milk comes as standard.
The Idea
Why it matters here
The Hackney is a converted 1856 brewery, a building made for making things properly. We think a cup of coffee deserves the same: one espresso we know inside out, made the same careful way every morning. Some of you will remember us as the Hackney Coffee Company. Good coffee is where we started, and it's still at the heart of what we do.
Come and try it
The cafe is reopening soon with a new menu. Sign up now and your coffee is on us, one a day for the first five days we're open.
FAQs
Frequently asked questions
Where can I get speciality coffee on Hackney Road?
At The Hackney, 503 Hackney Road, London E2 9ED. Cambridge Heath Overground is a two minute walk away.
What coffee do you serve?
Our own house espresso: Brazilian at heart, finished with a coffee from Honduras, with notes of chocolate cake, butterscotch and praline.
Do you have decaf and plant milks?
Yes. Our decaf is a Brazilian coffee decaffeinated by a natural process, with notes of chocolate, black cherry and brown sugar. Oat milk comes as standard.
Is this the same place as Hackney Coffee Company?
Yes. We started as the Hackney Coffee Company and became The Hackney. Same building, and good coffee is still at the heart of what we do.
When is the cafe open?
We're reopening soon with a new menu. Sign up and you'll hear the date first. See the cafe page