{"id":5078,"date":"2017-09-27T05:36:33","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T05:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aussiepizzas.com\/PIZZADELIVERY\/the-caffeine-chronicles-stir-coffee-brixton\/"},"modified":"2017-09-27T05:36:33","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T05:36:33","slug":"the-caffeine-chronicles-stir-coffee-brixton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aussiepizzas.com\/PIZZADELIVERY\/the-caffeine-chronicles-stir-coffee-brixton\/","title":{"rendered":"The Caffeine Chronicles: Stir Coffee, Brixton"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finding myself \u2014 unusually \u2014 with plans in Clapham on Saturday, I took the opportunity to visit a new-to-me coffee shop on the way. The Black Lab<\/a>, on Clapham Common’s Southside, would have been the closest coffee bar but I’ve already been a couple of times (it’s great), so I had to look a little further afield. In the end, I decided to go to Stir Coffee<\/a> on Brixton Hill, which has been on my list for a while.<\/p>\n

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When I’m in Brixton, I tend to hang out in and around Brixton Market; Stir Coffee is about a half-mile south of there and the Tube. On Saturday, I had already eaten lunch closer to home at the Bermondsey Street Festival<\/a>, and although Stir serves food, I was hoping to miss the brunch\/lunch rush. It was still pretty busy when I arrived, with a queue soon forming behind me. Inside, it’s a cosy, rustic space with bar stools at the windows, a few tables in the front and on the pavement, and more seating in the back room. The exterior suggests that the site may once have been a pub.<\/p>\n

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As there were both V60 and Aeropress (\u00a34) options on the menu, I asked what was on offer at the brew bar, but was persuaded to try the batch-brew filter coffee (\u00a32.40), a Kenyan Mchana AA coffee from Round Hill Roastery<\/a>, which had been selling extremely well. I also ordered a piccolo (\u00a32.40) and, from the selection of nice-looking cakes on the counter, I plumped for a brownie (\u00a32.90).<\/p>\n

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I nabbed one of the stools by the window and before long, the piccolo and the brownie arrived. Learning from previous mistakes, I saved the latter until after I’d tried both coffees to avoid overriding my palate with its rich, chocolatey, salted-caramel deliciousness (yes, it was great!).<\/p>\n

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The piccolo was excellent too. I didn’t check which of the Round Hill coffees was in the hopper, but the flavours of the espresso were very well-balanced, making for a smooth taste that paired well with my sweet treat. It was well-prepared too, the latte art prevailing right down to the bottom.<\/p>\n

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The filter coffee arrived soon afterwards and given its rave reviews, I was slightly underwhelmed as to me, it was a little on the weak side, making it hard to pull out the blackcurrant notes I might have expected. A new batch had just been brewed and I suspect I was just unlucky. I thought about trying the coffee as a V60 as well, but ran out of time.<\/p>\n

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As I said, though, the piccolo was excellent and I otherwise really enjoyed my time at Stir. It was bustling and lively on a Saturday afternoon and the service was really good \u2014 well worth the short walk from central Brixton.<\/p>\n

Stir Coffee<\/b>. 111 Brixton Hill, Brixton, London, SW2 1AA (Tube: Brixton). Website<\/a>. Twitter<\/a>. Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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