How to find us

London School of Coffee is only a five minute walk from Norbiton station, you can catch an overboard train from Waterloo station, full details of train times are available from National Rail Enquiries.

If you are travelling by car please contact us to arrange parking, there are limited spaces available at £10 per day, unfortunately Kingston is not a great place to park due to traffic restrictions, so please contact us if you are coming by car.

If you have flown into Heathrow, you catch buses 285 or 111 towards Kingston, and alight at the Bentalls Centre, Kingston upon Thames, it will take approximately 1 hour. From there it's best to take a 5 minute taxi ride to Princeton Mews, 167-169 London Road, Kingston.

How to get in: on the security keyboard next to the gate press CALL then press 2 and the gate will be opened from the school office, the entrance for which is just inside on the left. If the security keyboard fails, please call us on your mobile phone.

Roasting Course

Weather your a first time roaster or a seasoned professional our roasting course is catered to your specification. You will learn both theory and practical skills that will ensure you get the best from your green beans.

You will learn about:

Green beans and processing, what effects these will have and how to adapt your roast
The stages of roasting explained and a sample roast to accompany
Creating roast profiles for a variety of coffees
Cupping the coffee and analysing the roast profile
Using both the Diedrich and Probat sample roasters
Achieving the correct results in the cup, sweetness, body and flavour

This is a great course to refresh your skills, train new staff or start you on the road with your own home roaster or new business. Let us know if you have any specific requirements and we can cater the course to your level, output and the coffees you are buying.