Caffe Vergnano 1882
London, United Kingdom
1882@caffevergnano.co.uk
http://www.caffevergnano1882.co.uk/
User Reviews
Caffe Vergnano in Waterloo looks beautiful with its elegant interior and amazing coffee machine. The menu offers a wide range of different styles of coffee, however the coffee was very bitter tasting. The icecream in an affogato is usually able to drown out any slight bitter tastes, but this really wasn't the treat I was hoping for. We also spotted the barista putting the milk from the frother back in a milk bottle in the fridge...
However there is another Caffe Vergnano on Charing Cross Road which is smaller and less ostentatious (but still has a fantastic looking coffee machine). This pro...
Luciano Franchi, Caffe Vergnano UK’s Managing Director says: “we held to one basic premise: if the Italians possess a coffee culture at its zenith, then the English possess it at its nadir” … “baristas are trained for three months”…and “we stand head and shoulders above all the coffee bars in London”.
Let’s imagine for a second that this isn’t annoying (which it is), that Italy is the zenith of coffee culture (which it isn’t), and that Britain is the nadir of coffee culture (which it isn’t, quite, even when you exclude Aussies and Kiwis). I’ll take these stateme...
Vergnano is high quality cafe and coffee bar with a long tradition of making coffee well. This is their new, larger premises. The coffee is superb -- the best I had in London. A good variety of blends is a great feature.They know how to brew to perfection. All this is just a short stroll from the Thames, the London Eye, and Waterloo. And the food is very good too!
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