Welcome to the journal

The bake table beneath a wall of framed prints

This is where we'll write things down. Not announcements so much as notes — what we're tasting on the bar this fortnight, who's hanging work on the walls, and the small decisions that add up to a morning at Brush & Lever.

What you'll find here

We'd rather show our working than polish a press release. Expect short, honest pieces written by whoever happened to be behind the bar that week.

  • Coffee notes — the single origins on filter and why we chose them.
  • From the bakery — what we baked, and what we'd do differently tomorrow.
  • On the walls — the artists renting space and the work they're showing.
  • The neighbourhood — Princelet Street and the corner of Spitalfields we call home.

Read slowly

There's no schedule and no algorithm here. We'll post when there's something worth saying, and you can read it with a cup in hand.

Good coffee is just attention, paid slowly. The same goes for writing about it.Behind the bar

If something here makes you want to come in and see for yourself — that's rather the point. The kettle's on.