ICON Community Coffee House — Restaurant in London

At the Surbiton Grind

A cappuccino please

To have out?

(Why do you think I'm buying your overpriced coffee? To sit down for a bit, of course. Can't you see I am tired and overweight?)

No, to have in.

(In a flat, expressionless voice) We only have paper cups. . .

OK.

And a ginger biscuit, please.

. . .

The ginger biscuit was the best I have ever had. My mouth, throat and stomach are still warm from it. The biscuit alone made going to this cafe worth it.

. . .

I get up and order another coffee. A latte this time.

That was the foamiest coffee I have ever had.

I think you'll find cappuccinos are foamy.

Yes, but this was so foamy that I could have had a foam bath in it.

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So where are you from?

South Africa by way of many other places. And you?

(Indignantly) I am from here.

Really? From Surbiton?

No, from Hampshire.

In Hampshire hurricanes hardly ever happen.

I think you'll find we don't get many hurricanes in England.

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You seem to have a lot of loyal clients.

Yes, we are very busy. Avoids my eyes.

(Meaning, drink your coffee and sod off.)

I look around. Everyone in the coffee bar is white - on the border between Tolworth and Surbiton!

Maybe they were also...

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I’ve just started coming to this cafe, the first time I came a couple of things I wanted weren’t available which didn’t matter too much as I chose something else. Although the most recent time I got the açai bowl, it came out like liquid and I literally had to drink it with a straw. It’s supposed to be like a smoothie texture but it was runny more like a drink. We asked and we’re told the blender is broken and doesn’t make it the texture it’s supposed to be. I don’t mind not having it but if the blender is broken and it wasn’t going to be possible to eat I would have rather they just said at the beginning and I would have chosen something else. It also didn’t come with the golden syrup or almond butter like stated...