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Dark Arts Coffee Dark Arts Coffee is a unique coffee shop located on Bridle Lane, known for their creative and original approach to coffee culture. With a focus on quality and innovation, Dark Arts Coffee offers an experience that goes beyond just a cup of coffee.

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01/06/2026

doesn’t know anything about anything but still makes a nice cup of coffee

Still hot
30/05/2026

Still hot

27/05/2026

Views from Basements WIRED release party in London

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27/05/2026

Views from the London album release party.

25/05/2026

But what time was it tho?

Open
24/05/2026

Open

Merch maxing
22/05/2026

Merch maxing

New hat tomorrowHave a nice day
21/05/2026

New hat tomorrow
Have a nice day

20/05/2026

We had the boys through last week to brew up some Basement beans. What an adorable bunch. So much love for these guys and a massive congrats to them all on killing the WIRED album release!!

WE GROWING!!!I wanted to take a moment to welcome two new gems to the Dark Arts Wholesale Team.Orla & Jade.Orla who is b...
19/05/2026

WE GROWING!!!
I wanted to take a moment to welcome two new gems to the Dark Arts Wholesale Team.
Orla & Jade.
Orla who is based in Glasgow will be looking after our wholesale in Scotland and the North and joins us from .coffee where she worked for almost four years working up from a barista to Area Manager looking after and running their two highly regarded Glasgow locations.
Jade who will be working alongside Alice here in London, joins us from the powerhouse that is . Jade worked for Ozone for 5 years working her way up from a barista finishing up as a senior account manager.
Both of these two new signings are bringing such a great positive energy to the team and we couldn’t be happier.
Please if you can send your regards to them both below and make them feel welcome when we next see them irl.
Thanks everyone x

The Cupping Room Sessions are underway
14/05/2026

The Cupping Room Sessions are underway

14/05/2026

WE ARE LIVE

THE CUPPING ROOM SESSIONSFULL TIMETABLE
13/05/2026

THE CUPPING ROOM SESSIONS
FULL TIMETABLE

Tomorrow we launch something we have been working on for the better part of the last year. We are honestly so proud of t...
13/05/2026

Tomorrow we launch something we have been working on for the better part of the last year. We are honestly so proud of this creation and we cant wait to share it with you all.
Here is a little peek at some of the content inside the magazine.
Come by the popup in Shoreditch tomorrow and grab a copy or jump online from 8am.
Massive thanks to everyone who was involved in the first of what we hope will be many issues.
Much love x

Cata export is teaming up with Andrew Tolley and iconic WOC runners to present this very first LCF edition followed by...
12/05/2026

Cata export is teaming up with Andrew Tolley and iconic WOC runners to present this very first LCF edition followed by a cupping of Cata’s harvest highlights. This is a charity event and donations will go to Girls Gotta Run.

Join us bright eyed and bushy tailed on Friday 15th May at 6.30am to grab your t-shirt and a fresh brew.

Meeting point is at Dealer x Dark Arts , 123 Bethnal Green Road and this 5K run will be lead and paced by our good friend Paul Ross of Special Guests

This is a friendly non-competitive run where everyone one is free to come and mingle. To paraphrase Andrew Tolley: “if you can’t chat to the person running next to you, you’re running too fast”

Run is absolutely free, rsvp with link in bio

Run Run Run Run, but first… coffee!

Kicking off Sunday we have our great friends A.M.O.C. is a specialty coffee roastery based in the Van Nellefabriek in Ro...
12/05/2026

Kicking off Sunday we have our great friends
A.M.O.C. is a specialty coffee roastery based in the Van Nellefabriek in Rotterdam, focused on rare coffees, precise roasting and a design-driven approach to quality.
Founded from a love for design, craftsmanship and sourcing, A.M.O.C. brings together expressive coffees, carefully selected equipment and a clear, no-nonsense way of working.
Next we have one of the most exciting and vibrant brands in the game, .possession
“People Possession makes coffee. We call it New Wave Coffee.
Careful sourcing. Serious fermentation. Precise roasting. It comes in cans.
Underground culture. Not a reference. A default.
Product first. No story. No scene. You, the can, the coffee.
The team comes from specialty coffee, design, and music.
That’s all you need to know.
Goodbye.”
Finally closing our the week we have another good friend of Dark Arts, .coffee
“Rascal is a roastery I started almost six years ago, to celebrate and spotlight Guatemalan coffees.
My family has been farming coffee for over 150 years, and my tatara tatara abuelo started that
legacy by selling his first crop in London. Today, I’m proud to roast those beans in London —
alongside lots from other Guatemalan producers I’ve known for years.”

2nd announcement for the Saturday coming in hot:First up we have Cartwheel Coffee is a Nottingham-based specialty roaste...
11/05/2026

2nd announcement for the Saturday coming in hot:

First up we have
Cartwheel Coffee is a Nottingham-based specialty roastery focused on sourcing, roasting, and sharing exceptional seasonal coffees with total transparency. Run by a tight-knit team of three, they stay hands-on with every part of the process — from quality control and profiling to building lasting relationships with producers and wholesale partners. With over 50 coffees released each year and a strong commitment to fair pricing at origin, Cartwheel has become one of the UK’s most respected modern coffee roasters.

Next up we got ,

Kolo Coffee is a Berlin-based specialty coffee roastery known for its clean, expressive coffees and beautifully understated approach to branding and hospitality. Focused on thoughtful sourcing and precision roasting, they’ve built a reputation for coffees that highlight clarity, sweetness, and balance while staying approachable and easy to enjoy. Blending modern café culture with a deep respect for quality and craft, Kolo has become a standout name within Berlin’s thriving coffee scene.

And closing off the day on Satuday we have our London friends

“The name ‘Calico’ comes from the raw cotton fabric used in fashion design for pattern making. It represents a starting point where ideas take shape, carrying both intention and possibility. A beginning that holds everything.

Calico also refers to the calico cat, which inspired our logo as a small and warm detail within the brand.

From origin to cup, we pursue clarity in coffee.
We take pride in a clean clarity approach to coffee. We support producers who are deeply dedicated to green coffee cultivation, transparency in processing at origin, and expressing the true character of each coffee.”

More info coming soon!

Starting the Saturday announcements, we have the morning with these two big European names, First up, from Amsterdam“Fr...
11/05/2026

Starting the Saturday announcements, we have the morning with these two big European names,

First up, from Amsterdam
“Friedhats Coffee is founded by Dylan and myself(Lex) in 2016
We started roasting coffee because back then there wasn’t a lot of light roasted coffee in the Netherlands, if any.
We were young, full of ideas and convinced we could do better. So we started a roastery and taught
ourselves how to roast coffee that we wanted to drink: light roasted Kenyans for espresso. Back then,
nobody was doing that.
I guess we were a bit anti-establishment at the time. (maybe we still are) We didn’t really care about profit that much and we didn’t really have a plan for the future of the company. We just wanted to do what we liked, have fun and stay away from what others were doing.
That’s how we came up with the bottles with the funky design; we didn’t want to put our coffee in a kraft paper bag with a white sticker on it, like the rest was doing at the time.

I don’t think we ever thought we would make it this far hahaha.
But here we are now: ten years later. A little older, a little wiser but still a couple of guys doing what we like, searching for great coffees and roasting them as light as possible.
The only difference is that we have a great team around us now to help us with what we do.

And there’s a lot more Friedhats-stickers on a lot of toilets now, compared to when we started.”

Next up we have ,
Taith Coffee is a Europe-based specialty coffee company built around a love of travel, connection, and beautifully expressive coffees sourced from some of the world’s most exciting producers. With a focus on clarity, balance, and modern roasting, they’ve developed a reputation for coffees that feel both approachable and deeply considered. Combining thoughtful sourcing with a clean visual identity and genuine passion for the craft, Taith represents the new wave of specialty coffee brands helping shape the European coffee scene.

More from Saturday to be announced later today

THE CUPPING ROOM SESSIONSWe are back with more info this time on FRIDAY, the 15th line-up:First up we have Process Coff...
10/05/2026

THE CUPPING ROOM SESSIONS
We are back with more info this time on FRIDAY, the 15th line-up:

First up we have
Process Coffee is a Belfast-based speciality coffee company known for vibrant, expressive coffees and some of the most distinctive packaging in the industry. Founded by Ben, whose down-to-earth nature and genuine passion for coffee have made him a much-loved figure within the specialty coffee community, Process has built a reputation that feels both creative and deeply authentic.

Next up we have
Cofinet is one of the coffee industry’s most respected green importers and we’re excited to have Beth hosting the cupping at our event — Beth spent years working as a roaster prior to her time at Cofinet, giving her unique insight into how roasteries operate and what they require from a trading partner. Beth’s knowledge, warmth, and deep understanding of coffee make her not only an amazing host, but also a hugely valued part of the wider coffee community.

Following we have our great friends at
Bluebird is a passion project for founder, , which has turned into a multi-award winning specialty roastery.
“We work out of a custom built roastery in a small towncalled Howick, in a beautiful part of South Africa. From here we focus on excellence through thoughtful sourcing and an obsession with roasting. Today we ship coffee to home users and businesses in over 50 countries, which still blows our minds and we are so grateful for all the love and support we receive. Coffee can be super pretentious and we hate that. We won’t dumb down quality to be approachable but through careful communication and an open, friendly attitude, we like to think we are inviting people in to this crazy, tasty, kinda mad obsession of ours.”

And finally from this announcement we have top European roasters,
3 Marks Coffee is a Barcelona-based specialty coffee company known for its beautifully sourced coffees, clean aesthetic, and uncompromising focus on quality from farm to cup. We are stoked to have them join us.

More announcements to come,

THE CUPPING ROOM SESSIONSWe are back with more info from Thursday the 14th line-up:First up we got the powerhouse that i...
09/05/2026

THE CUPPING ROOM SESSIONS
We are back with more info from Thursday the 14th line-up:
First up we got the powerhouse that is

“When the Dark Arts team calls, you answer!
The name Nostos comes from the Greek word ΝΟΣΤΟΣ, meaning the Homecoming— the idea of a journey worth the return—and it is the principle behind every coffee we roast.

On the table you’ll find our newest releases. We’ve been especially excited about this season.

Our standards are uncompromising at every step: from our strong, trusted relationships with the producers and importers we buy from, to the roast profiles built to bring out clarity—nothing leaves our roastery that we wouldn’t happily pour for ourselves. Come curious, bring your questions, and taste exactly where Nostos is right now.”

Next up we have from the US who are making waves all across Europe,

“Mirra was founded in December of 2022 with the establishment of an intentionally and exclusively Nordic-
style roastery in the United States as its aim. It is our goal for every lot we source, and every batch we roast to be nothing but outstanding; we judge this with relation to the purity and fidelity of each offering as it is expressed in the final cup—that its flavor is wholly and uniquely its own, and true to its varietal and terroir, rather than being the byproduct of roasting, fermentation, or other intrusive processing. Let it be bright, beautiful, true.”

And last but defintiely not least we have one of the most exciting new roasteries in the country

“Carter was started in 2025 by Danny and Sorley, and joined by Craig in November. At the core, Carter is a blend of passions: a technical understanding of product and craft, mixed with a love for building long-lasting relationships through coffee.

The mantra is simple: flavour first. We pick coffee based on taste, sourcing exciting lots from emerging and established farmers who value quality and innovation. Drawing on classic roasting techniques, we offer diverse, fun coffee designed for all palates.

We are based in Leith, Edinburgh and have recently opened a coffee shop as part of our roastery too”

We are super excited

07/05/2026

DEALER MAGAZINE - A cultural manipulation tool by Dark Arts
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Super excited to announce our collaboration with the amazing team over at for The Cupping Room Sessions launching next ...
06/05/2026

Super excited to announce our collaboration with the amazing team over at for The Cupping Room Sessions launching next week on Thursday.
Cata is bringing with them two absolute super stars, Nestor Lasso and Jhonatan Gasca and together they are kicking off the cupping series first thing Thursday morning.
Cata will also be hosting a film screening of Cata Origins - The Huila Legacy on Thursday evening.
Cata Origins bridges the 9,000km gap between Colombian farms and your cup. A raw look at the heart, hope, and people behind every bean.
Tickets are available for the film screening via the link in our bio.
Cuppings are non ticketed events.
Looking forward to seeing you all next week!!
More announcements and info coming soon…

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05/05/2026

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04/05/2026

What you think we put in this silly magazine then? Top comment wins a prize. Honestly I dont know if there even would be a prize, probably could swing a free magazine. To be honest I am just hoping a bunch of you comment so this post is seen by more people. Maybe just comment something nice to help me with that instead of the other thing. Your choice.

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13 Bridle Lane
London
W1F 9BT

To reach Bridle Lane in London using public transport, you can take the Tube to Old Street station and then walk south on City Road until you reach Bridle Lane. Alternatively, you can take a bus to the Old Street Roundabout stop and walk east on Old Street before turning left onto Bridle Lane.

If you prefer to drive, you can head towards Old Street and then turn onto City Road. Look for parking options in the surrounding streets or consider using a nearby car park for convenience.

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

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+442089865182

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Dark Arts Coffee in Bridle Lane, London is a haven for coffee enthusiasts seeking a unique and vibrant experience. Their social media presence showcases their dedication to creativity and innovation in the world of coffee.

With posts featuring exciting updates like new bumper stickers and limited edition mugs, Dark Arts Coffee keeps their customers engaged and eager to see what they have in store next. The Rat Mug Returns in a brand new colorway has generated buzz among followers, highlighting the cafe's ability to blend artistry with functionality.

Their recent trip to Dundee for the opening of a new espresso spot demonstrates their commitment to staying connected with the coffee community and exploring new horizons. Additionally, their involvement in events like the Latte Art Shootout 2 showcases their passion for fostering friendly competition and celebrating the artistry of latte making.

Dark Arts Coffee's social media feed exudes energy and enthusiasm, inviting customers to join them on a journey of discovery and delight. For coffee lovers looking for a dynamic and engaging experience, Dark Arts Coffee is definitely worth a visit in London's bustling coffee scene.

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