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Where our story began, where we're going next and how you can join us.
Modern Coffee.
Modern Coffee is a holistic approach to making your local cafe experience exceptional: excellent coffee, considered spaces, quality food and most importantly, the best people. It encapsulates the attention to detail, creativity, and focus on provenance and quality that we strive to bring our customers, both in our Houses and online.
Our story.
25 square meters on London’s famous Bermondsey Street was all it took to conceive WatchHouse and lay the foundations of everything to come. Historically a shelter for men guarding the graveyard of St Mary Magdalen’s Church, today we honour its former role by providing a contemporary sanctuary to our customers. This tiny building became our namesake and the original home of the Modern Coffee ambition: to offer the community quality coffee, food and service, in carefully considered & beautifully designed spaces.
Our vision has continued to grow, leading us to new spaces, an expanded offering and many great community & industry relationships. As we look to the future, we hope to continue to build on what we started back in 2014; distinctive spaces remain at the heart of our development, and Modern Coffee at the heart of what we do.
Our approach.
Our aspiration is to be the local hero of choice, a home to customers who make decisions with craft and quality in mind. We are dedicated to transparent, ethical coffee & food supply chains and source seasonally from the best producers around the world. We share these sourcing stories with you, as we believe enjoyment of food & coffee is more than just consumption, it's knowledge. We take equal pride in the skill that goes into sourcing, production and presention.
Our team.
Nothing that we hope to achieve could happen without a team of people dedicated to providing our customers with a little bit of the extraordinary. From those you meet in House, to the specialists roasting your coffee and many others behind the scenes working to bring our vision of Modern Coffee to life. This is our community; skilled and passionate individuals committed to pushing the boundaries, learning and growing together.