London’s best flat white: Cream in Shoreditch
The achingly cool but friendly Cream in Shoreditch
I know this is a very individual assumption but I’m certain I’ve found London’s best coffee. I’m also certain this place has completely scuppered all efforts to get my old waistline back but I kind of don’t really mind.
CREAM came into my life when Mr Man Jr was six weeks old and I headed back to Frame in a mission to reclaim my fitness. Unfortunately in my sleep deprived state I turned up 30 minutes early to my first class and the receptionist suggested that I was probably in deep need of a decent flat white and that I should check out the cafe next door.
And so entered my mission to get a mediocre flat white from Cream as I was determined that they couldn’t always be perfect (even my beloved AllPress has served me a bitter one in the past~). While I was sipping on that very first flat white Silverchair happened to be playing in the background – nostalgia and good coffee meant we were off to the start of a beautiful relationship.
Perfection in a coffee cup
Every single flat white that I have had from there ever since has been exceptional. Their barista has yet to let me down. I found out what beans they use and they’re the magic ones – Alchemy beans, the smoothest coffee beans you’ll find in London…
Last weekend I finally decided to bite the bullet and order one of their beautiful looking sandwiches thinking they surely can’t be as good as they look… Again, Cream didn’t let me down. Even Mr Man raved about his avocado brioche bun that I bought him home after one of my hardcore Body by Frame classes.
A mighty avocado sandwich
And so this cafe lives on to impress me. The secret is out. This is a truly excellent cafe with a magician for a barista and someone who knows what they’re doing in the kitchen.
Cream can be found at 31 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EY. Nearest tube is Shoreditch High Street.
