Roasteries / Kiss the Hippo Coffee
Kiss the Hippo Coffee
London, United Kingdom
London's most innovative and sustainable specialty coffee company. Founded in 2018 by Can Eren, Kiss the Hippo roasts organic, planet-friendly coffee at its roastery in Enfield on a Loring Smart Roaster — described as the world's most environmentally-friendly coffee roaster — and is a genuinely carbon-negative company. The team has won the UK Barista Championships three times (2018, 2019, 2020) and took a 2-star Great Taste Award in 2023. Kiss the Hippo sources ethically, favours organic certification, and pays at least 50% above the Fair Trade price to build direct relationships with coffee farmers worldwide. Source: kissthehippo.com/pages/about-us
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coffees
United Kingdom
base
Locations
Kiss the Hippo Bloomsbury
3 Bayley Street, London WC1B 3HA, United KingdomMon-Fri: 07:00-18:30 · Sat-Sun: 07:30-17:30
Kiss the Hippo Soho
30 Golden Square, London W1F 9LD, United KingdomMon-Fri: 07:30-17:30 · Sat-Sun: 09:00-17:30
Kiss the Hippo Mayfair
3 New Burlington Street, London W1S 2JF, United KingdomMon-Fri: 07:30-17:30 · Sat: 08:30-18:30 · Sun: 09:30-17:30
Kiss the Hippo Fitzrovia
51 Margaret Street, Fitzrovia, London W1W 8SG, United KingdomMon-Fri: 07:30-17:30 · Sat: 08:00-17:30 · Sun: 08:30-17:30
Kiss the Hippo Fitzrovia Corner
36 Berners Street, Fitzrovia, London W1T 3LY, United KingdomMon-Fri: 07:30-17:30 · Sat: 08:30-17:00 · Sun: 09:00-17:00
Kiss the Hippo Covent Garden
24 New Row, London WC2N 4LA, United KingdomMon-Fri: 07:30-17:30 · Sat: 09:00-19:00 · Sun: 09:30-18:00
Kiss the Hippo Spitalfields
12 Brushfield Street, London E1 6AN, United KingdomMon-Sat: 07:30-17:30 · Sun: 09:00-17:30
Kiss the Hippo Shoreditch
145 City Road, London EC1V 1AA, United KingdomMon-Thu: 06:30-16:30 · Fri-Sun: 07:30-16:30
Kiss the Hippo City
117 Cannon Street, London EC4N 5AX, United KingdomMon-Fri: 07:00-17:30 · Sat-Sun: 09:00-16:30
Kiss the Hippo Chelsea
285 Fulham Road, London SW10 9PZ, United KingdomMon-Fri: 07:30-17:00 · Sat: 07:30-17:30 · Sun: 08:00-17:30
Kiss the Hippo Richmond
21 Sheen Road, Richmond, London TW9 1AD, United KingdomMon-Fri: 07:30-16:30 · Sat: 08:30-17:30 · Sun: 09:00-17:30
Coffees
11 coffees
From the Kayanza region of Burundi, sourced via the Long Miles Coffee Project — a washed lot with floral hibiscus and red-apple brightness.
Red apple · Candied orange · Hibiscus
From Palestina, Huila, Colombia — a Striped Bourbon lot given a double natural fermentation for concentrated black cherry and melon sweetness.
Black cherry · Melon · Cacao
A nod to a more traditional coffee flavour, built for deep chocolate character with low acidity. Current lot: Bunaroma producer, Bench Sheko, Ethiopia, heirloom cultivar, 1,600-2,400 masl, natural process.
Dark chocolate · Caramel · Walnut
From Olmedo, Loja, Ecuador — a washed lot with a nutty, molasses-sweet profile and ripe plum fruit.
Pecan · Molasses · Plum
A vividly fruited house blend combining washed Kenyan coffee with a co-fermented lot from Jairo Arcila, Colombia, for strawberry and vanilla sweetness.
Strawberry · Green apple · Vanilla
Certified Organic by the Soil Association — Kiss the Hippo's go-to house coffee, pairing two cooperative-led, organic-certified lots: COPROCAEL in La Encarnación, Ocotepeque, Honduras (260+ smallholders) and La Prosperidad de Chirinos in Cajamarca, Peru (800+ smallholders). Balanced, milk-friendly cup with deep chocolate sweetness, gentle berry acidity and a syrupy body.
Chocolate · Berries · Butterscotch
Grown in Kiambu County, Kenya, washed with extended wet fermentation for classic Kenyan blackcurrant acidity and caramel sweetness.
Blackcurrant · Green apple · Caramel
From Nzara/Yambio, Equatoria, South Sudan — an anaerobic honey-processed lot, part of a naturally lower-caffeine varietal project, with floral chamomile and honeyed sweetness.
Chamomile · Chestnut · Honey
From La Coipa, San Ignacio, Cajamarca, Peru — a natural-processed lot with vivid blackberry sweetness and bright orange acidity.
Blackberry · White sugar · Orange
From El Porvenir, Jaén, Cajamarca, Peru — a Geisha lot fermented for 72 hours in an inoculated mosto (fruit-must) process for an intensely fragrant, complex cup.
Lemon curd · Mango · Bergamot
Organic-certified decaf from the Chanchamayo/Villa Rica/Pichanaki/Satipo region of Peru, decaffeinated via the Mountain Water Process with full chocolate and nut sweetness retained.
Dark chocolate · Toffee · Brazil nut