They use organic regional milk to make their cappuccinos, which is a huge deal because why boast about good beans (they use Bonanza here) then serve it up with bland long life milk? My cappuccino was smooth, so smooth that I was caught entirely unaware when a huge caffeine induced bout of euphoria hit me a mere half hour later, masked in the creaminess of the milk, I hadn’t had any indication of the bite that shot of coffee was going to take. They do three things, which got me: the milk, the biscuits and their clear positioning. K.B.C.’s is clear: a “ pan-English” inspired baked goods shop, with excellent coffee. In other words, they open a café, they know they are going to do coffee and something sweet (good margins on those babies) then they stumble through a motley crew of baked goods from around the world, a sunken cake here, a cupcake there, a hodge podge of stuff that doesn’t compel me to buy (why should I when I know at home I’ve got something better which inevitably uses superior ingredients, most of them organic and fair-trade). Which is in stark contrast to a lot of the independent start-ups that open up around the city which have a habit of putting the cart before the horse.
Katie’s Blue Cat is one of those good things.Įven though it’s only just opened, it feels like it’s been around for a while maybe because of how coherent their offering is or how together their staff is. Do you know a good thing when you see one? I do.
