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Dark Arts Coffee
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Dark Arts Coffee

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Grab a cup at Dark Arts Coffee, East London's takeaway-only haunt for serious coffee lovers. Try an experimental fermented lot like the cherry co-ferment flat white, pick up beans to go, and don't skip the babka.

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Reasons to go

  • Known for experimental coffee lots, including a cherry co-ferment used in its flat whites
  • Take-away only format with no indoor seating, drawing coffee pilgrims from outside London
  • Babka alongside coffee and beans is frequently singled out by regulars
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Full description

Dark Arts Coffee has built a devoted following among serious coffee drinkers for its experimental lots, like a cherry co-ferment reviewers praised in a flat white, alongside bags of beans to take home. The babka gets called out as a standout alongside the coffee.

It's take-away only, always, which keeps the format simple and geared toward quick, high-quality visits rather than lingering. With a 4.7 rating from 459 reviews, it draws repeat visitors and out-of-town coffee pilgrims alike.

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Address

1- 5 Rosina St, London E9 6JH, UK · Hackney
Website
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Hours

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Booking

Walk-in

Duration

25 min

Best time

early morning, morning, lunchtime or afternoon

Intensity

Easy pace

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Good to know

  • There's no seating, so plan for a takeaway stop
  • the babka is worth ordering alongside your coffee
  • pick up a bag of beans if you're a home brewer.
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Reviews

Special cherry co ferment was yummy in a flat white. Picked up some beans for home, one of my favourite London roasters. Babka was also 10/10.

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Callum Stephenson

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