Cafe Society #1: Nude Espresso

We have lots to thank Australasia for. Addictive soap operas. Diminutive pop-stars originating from said soap operas. Caustic humour. Anzac biscuits. Good hairdressers (in my personal experience).

Londoners have plenty of reason to be thankful for their coffee culture too.

For some time the 'flat white' - a strong white coffee, with a head of foam smoother and denser than a cappuccino - has been served up in the eponymous cafe on Berwick Street in Soho (along with some really good cookies, if memory serves).

Sacred is another 'Southern Hemisphere' establishment touted enthusiastically by Time Out. I haven't checked it out yet.

Now Nude Espresso has arrived to satisfy East-End desires for lovingly-made hot drinks, Antipodean style.

Clean, graphic furniture and an almost monochrome look inside are surprisingly warm - thanks to flashes of pillarbox red, and a pretty fairy-light tree.


A straight black and a latte were rich and satisfying and well-dressed in a retro little brown cup and Duralex glass.


Nude Espresso
26 Hanbury Street, London
Nearest Tube - Liverpool Street Station

Distance covered - 1.1 miles from home, sweet Whitechapel home