Coffee: Flat Caps Coffee, Haymarket, Newcastle ** Closed**

Flat caps Coffee Newcastle

“Hidden gem” is a phrase often uttered about restaurants, cafes or pubs that are not widely known about, especially if they’re inconspicuously located on a city centre street. Take Flat Caps Coffee for example, it could take some skill to find this coffee shop without prior knowledge as we used Google Maps to take us to the address, past a very busy Starbucks, but once there we found a new age gift shop selling crystals, oils and fairies with signs for a Thai massage also pointing towards the door. Hmm!

Flat caps Coffee Newcastle

The coffee shop is located inside the gift shop and underneath it, down a spiral staircase to the right once you enter. The sign on the door for Flat Caps is almost as hidden as the sign for Bramble in Edinburgh.

Flat caps Coffee Newcastle

Once downstairs, we picked our coffees – after a long journey from Glasgow we needed a caffeine boost!

Flat caps Coffee Newcastle

We decided on an El Roble and Loma Linda.  Now, I’m no coffee geek so I can’t tell you about the velvety or the dried cranberry taste.  I’m more about the “Is it bitter? Do I need a ton of sugar to make this bearable?” person. They sold food too but we didn’t have any as we required liquid refreshment only!

Flat caps Coffee Newcastle

The coffee here was robust and just what we needed.  Served in a relaxed atmosphere with no-one rushing us. A perfect coffee in a quiet spot away from all the noise of the Haymarket shopping streets.

Flat caps Coffee Newcastle

The decor is quirky but not achingly so, one side of the room looks like a brick basement with recess and the other looks like a wood-panelled shack by the sea, which just adds to that hidden haven feel.

Flat caps Coffee Newcastle

Flat caps Coffee Newcastle

Flat caps Coffee Newcastle

Go seek it out!

Flat Caps Coffee
Location: 13 Ridley Place,
Newcastle Upon Tyne,
NE1 8JQ

Nearest Metro: Haymarket

Opening Hours: Monday to Saturday
10am-5:30pm

 

Emma

Emma

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I am Emma and with my husband Mark write Foodie Explorers, which is a food and travel website.

I am a member of the Guild of Food Writers and British Guild of Travel Writers.

We have a wide range of judging experience covering products, hotels and have judged, for example, for Great Taste Awards and Scottish Baker of the Year.

Along the way Mark gained WSET Level 2 in Wine and I have WSET Level 2 in Spirits as well as picking up an award with The Scotsman Food and Drink Awards.    

Usually I can be found sleeping beside a cat.

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