Jing Tea

Jing Tea have some great glass teapots as well as first rate tea

See http://jingtea.com/

Snowmen

Snowmen at one of my favourite garden centre cafes, Barton Grange at Brock, Preston.  We can spot a winner - Barton Grange was recently voted Garden Centre of the Year 2012 - congratulations to Guy, Russell and the team.  See previous blog posts:

http://greatcafes.blogspot.com/2012/01/multi-deck-salad.html

http://greatcafes.blogspot.com/2011/12/toilet-humour.html

http://greatcafes.blogspot.com/2011/12/that-local-story.html

http://greatcafes.blogspot.com/2011/12/hot-pot-footfall.html

Cake, Mangle & Coffee

It remains one of my favourites - Foxcroft and Ginger - with their graffiti art sign, pummel horse tables, bare wire lighting, sacks of flour, great food and ..... mangle supporting the cakes.

See previous http://greatcafes.blogspot.com/2011/07/foxcroft-ginger.html

They have a new outlet at the Box Park in Shoreditch - follow this blog for more details of the world's first pop up mall and a cafe in a container.

The Iron Lady

Having just seen the film - great acting but does not do the lady justice - Konditor & Cook offer "Your chance to stick the knife in  or celebrate the Iron Lady".  This is one switched-on cake and cafe company  given they have an outlet within the Soho Curzon cinema.  Like the film - in poor taste but clever marketing.

See previous blog post http://greatcafes.blogspot.com/2012/01/back-to-80s.html

Fingers & Buns

Gail's take expansion seriously and slowly - their latest is in Wardour Street opposite Princi.  The food and its display is stunning.

Brownie Fingers and Cinnamon Buns

The Ultimate Spirit

Prufrock Cafe assure me this is the espresso coffee machine - £17,000 worth of 'Spirit' Kees van der Westen's machinery - and they should know (they run a barista training company and are as coffee obsessed as one is likely to find).

They also reckon the perfect espresso cup is 5oz - the white one on the left - and this is an unusual size

See previous http://greatcafes.blogspot.com/2011/11/your-favourite-cup.html

Tortino

De Gustibus' eye-catching Tortino sandwich slices - vegetables, mozzarella & olives.