TRADE

Walk into Trade and you'll immediately get the sense this isn't your standard Shoreditch coffee spot. The vibe is deliberately stripped back—all exposed brick and purposeful design, the kind of place where the baristas actually know what they're doing with a grinder. You're in the thick of the Old Street creative hub here, surrounded by design studios and independent shops, so the crowd skews properly knowledgeable about coffee. They're obsessive about provenance, rotating single-origin beans and pulling shots with real precision. It's the sort of café where you'll see people actually tasting their espresso rather than just gulping it down.