Roland Horne left a luxury aquarium consultancy to open the first shop in 2014, in a 19th-century watch house where men once guarded a churchyard. Branches outside London now include Bath, New York, and Abu Dhabi.
The Maltby Street roastery runs a refurbished 1959 Probat UG22 bought from Bonanza in Berlin. Head roaster Nikol Novotna is a Q Arabica Grader and SCA Sensory Judge. Beans come from Ethiopia's Bensa highlands, Dongka farm in Yunnan, and Brazil.