Holborn Grind

The first of the Grind's, Shoreditch Grind was born when East-Londoner David enlisted his friend Kaz, a DJ from Melbourne with a passion for coffee, to help turn his father's mobile phone shop, a stand-alone perfectly circular building perched on the edge of Old Street Roundabout, into an Espresso Bar.

Kaz had badly missed the taste of the Melbourne cafés he'd grown up with, and was determined to re-create the taste of home. Unsatisfied with anything available in London at the time, he worked for months with a boutique roastery to develop a custom blend, and eventually, the Grind & Co. House Espresso Blend was born.

Shoreditch Grind has become something of an East London icon, and having then established Soho Grind, when the Hoxton Hotel invited us to be a part of their new hotel, we jumped at the chance. See you at the Grind.