Londinium Blog

Christmas is just around the corner, and so is our shiny new website. When we pull the covers off you will have the finest coffee money can buy, delivered right to your door. You will also be able to post…

The picture on the right was captured surreptitiously late last night at great risk to the camera man as he caught world exclusive footage of a tornado noisely slurping a freshly drawn Londinium Espresso before hissing off into the night.…

Here at Londinium Espresso we have a rather egalitarian view of life. One of our founding principles is that great coffee should be available to everyone. However we recognise that not everyone is in a position to make a not…

Most likely a stone amongst the coffee beans has become trapped between the two burrs. Unplug the grinder from the electricity supply. Turn the grinder upside down to empty all the coffee beans in the hopper into a tray See…

Domestic coffee grinders are one of two designs. They are either a spinning blade (propeller shape), like an upside down lawnmower, or a tapered male and female burr design. A blade grinder will simply smash the beans up, rather than…

Turn the grinder off immediately – this is the important thing to remember. Then simply turn the grind several settings coarser and turn the grinder back on and it should start working again If nothing happens after you have set…

Italy is the country in which the espresso machine was invented by Achille Gaggia in 1929(?) for the FIAT motor empire who were looking for a way to reduce the amount of time that their employees took for each coffee…

You have our full sympathy here! We spent a lot of time trawling the web for a burr coffee grinder that won’t break the bank. We have recently acquired a Krups burr grinder from John Lewis for £40, and are…

Most people know espresso as a nasty, burnt, & bitter beverage, and regard it as unfit to drink. Londinium Espresso changes this. Even amongst coffee aficionados and roasters you will often hear the view expressed that espresso can be made…

Don’t believe us? Well think about this. A 3.41 litre bottle of milk costs around £1.68. That latte you’re drinking might have 250ml of milk in it, for arguments sake, costing 12p using these numbers. The coffee at many establishments…