Coffee Circus

Coffee Circus has been a Crouch End fixture since 2010, a bright, narrow café on Crouch Hill with a circus theme running through it, from musical notation wallpaper painted with birds to a pretty shopfront. Espresso and filter coffee come from two East London roasters, Mission Coffee Works and Campbell and Syme, and the team puts the focus on careful espresso making.

A long coffee bar sits at the front and the seating spreads out behind it on rustic wooden furniture, with local artists showing work on the walls and live music some days. Whole beans for espresso and filter are sold for taking home, along with brewing kit, loose leaf teas and Keep Cups. It is open every day, from eight on most mornings and nine on Sundays.