Kettle Black Coffee

Why I love it

I walked in for five minutes and stayed for an hour. Amara roasts in the basement on a machine she rebuilt herself, and you can smell it from the street. The flat white came with a hand-drawn map of where the beans grew. That's the kind of detail chains can't fake.

Run by Amara Okafor.

What to try

• The single-origin flat white
• Saturday-only cardamom bun
• A bag of the house roast to take home