Wood St Coffee - Blackhorse Workshop - Walthamstow - E17

What a difference a year makes!

This time last year, we were planning a Christmas pop up at Little Mashers on Orford Road. We liked it so much, we set up shop! And had a fabulous residency in the heart of Walthamstow Village for seven months with Gareth taking the plunge, leaving his day job and serving coffee to the good people of E17 four days a week.

Fast forward to September this year and Wood St Coffee moved again. This time to Blackhorse Workshop and a stunning cafe space with loads of light, space, and seating! And there we remain.

Come say hai!

Blackhorse Workshop
1–2 Sutherland Rd Path
Walthamstow
London
E17 6BX

Mon - Fri - 08:00-17:00
Sat - 09:00-17:00

Wood St Coffee - a month old today

Happy birthday Wood St Coffee! You're a month old today!

The first month has gone swimmingly and we've already been asked if we're going to be open on more days of the week or do something more permanent. The answer is - we'd love to! But being practical souls, we're planning to take things one step at a time and try to grow the business organically rather than take out a giant loan or rush into something before we're ready. 

Starting something new is always scary and there's rarely reward without risk. Currently, our mantra is something like the below: 

Thank you!

So... potentially big things ahead. But really we want to say a massive THANK YOU to everyone that has supported us so far. Friends, family, regulars, one timers. Everyone that has tweeted about us, liked us on Facebook or told their friends about us. 

Your feedback is what inspires us so please continue to let us (and the world) know what you think of our coffee. We'd really love your help to get the word out so if you have a spare few minutes and want to recommend us on your favourite website, or tweet your favourite magazine please do! Introduce us to your friend that writes a blog and we'll shout you both a coffee. If you need photos or want to chat to us just let us know - you can tweet us @woodstcoffee or email woodstcoffee@gmail.com 

Clare & Gareth x

 

Wood St Coffee - week 2

So, last Sunday the weather was Hot Hot Hot and looks like this weekend will be the same. The surprising turn to summer prompted an emergency dash for another cool box and a shed load of ice so that we could rise to the occasion with some iced coffees. 

After some careful research we settled on the cold brew method to delicately extract the coffee over 12 -14 hours so that the flavour is still there (and the caffeine) but without any bitterness. We were pretty impressed with the results, and so were our customers:

"So excited about @woodstcoffee - loved my iced coffee this morning. See you next week"

"An ice coffee of champions from @woodstcoffee. Good on you @WoodStMarket"

"@woodstcoffee best ice coffee ever. Top work guys!"

Andy Murray may have stolen everyone away in the afternoon but with that winning performance we suppose we can forgive him!

We'll be serving cold brew iced coffees again tomorrow - see you for a spot in the sunshine and a some ice cold refreshment! 

Open Sundays, 11 - 4 

Wood Street Indoor Market (Marlowe Road entrance).

Wood St Coffee

Wood Street Indoor Market, 98-100 Wood Street, Walthamstow, London, E17 3HX

Having dreamt about having a cafe of my own for years and writing about other people’s for nearly as long I am VERY pleased to announce (drum roll, marching band, full guard of honour if you please…) that I am starting a coffee pop up!

It may not be a full on cafe, but it’s a start. We have the venue (Wood Street Indoor Market), the coffee machine (eBay) and are speaking to a few local suppliers at the moment about our coffee, cake and milk needs.

It’s been quite a journey – from my first cafe job back in Essex, to experiencing true cafe culture in Melbourne, to sampling the local scene in London. And I’ll continue to tell you all about it here as we get ourselves set up. So, for my first post as WoodStreet Coffee, I’ll introduce you to our host – Wood Street Indoor Market.

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Photos by SipOnePurlOne

A Valentine's recipe for coconut cake-bread

I found this recipe in David Herbert’s ‘Really useful cookbook’ but thought I’d pimp it a bit for Valentine’s Day (and also because I didn’t have all the recommended ingredients).

Ingredients:
350g plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp Cinnamon
250g caster sugar
100g desiccated coconut
50g ground almonds
300ml milk soured with lime juice
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
75g unsalted butter

Method:
1.    Pre-heat oven to Gas Mark 4 and line a loaf tin with baking paper
2.    Sift the dry ingredients into a large bowl
3.    Whisk the eggs, milk, lime, vanilla extract and melted butter in a jug
4.    Pour the wet ingredients into a well in the centre of the dry ingredients
5.    Mix gently until just combined – don’t over mix
6.    Pour into your loaf tin and bake in the centre of your preheated oven for about an hour.

Tip: Check the cake after 40 minutes and cover with tin foil if the top is already browned.

Icing:
Combine 2 parts cream cheese with 1 part icing sugar and 1 part sunflower spread in a bowl – missing with an electric hand whisk over a bowl of cold water helps with the consistency. Add some desiccated coconut and a squeeze of lime juice to compliment the flavours in the cake.