Lost in Monmouth Street again
on August 25, 2007
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Try and guess what is being described here: ‘juicy-fruit notes with medium body and citrus acidity’, ‘sweet red-berry fruits with smooth body’, ‘smooth cocoa, full bodied’. More? How about ‘thick and nutty with fruity length’ or ‘lemon cream flavours and light body’?
This is the lingo that specialists use to depict flavours and aromas of different coffees from around the globe. The place where these coffees are sampled, served and sold is a small coffee shop called Monmouth Coffee Company, named after the street in the heart of Covent Garden. The tiny sitting area is a combination of a kitchen and three claustrophobic cubicles accomodating four people each. Customers sit squeezed in twos, facing one another across simple pine tables, constantly muttering ‘sorry’ since their feet and knees touch all the time. True coffee addicts don’t seem to mind any inconvenience though and keep returning to the place, queuing patiently for their cup of Brasil or Kenya. At certain times they might be lucky if the famous bench outside is free.
MCC from the shop opposite
