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By Katherine Langford
City AM
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As the Toast the City Awards approaches, we’re looking at some of the very best places in the Square Mile – today we celebrate the wonderful coffee on offer from Hermanos Colombian Coffee Roasters Colombian brothers Victor and Santiago Gamboa had a dream: to bring the world-beating coffee of their homeland to London. And after teaming up with Adnan Millwala, Hermanos Colombian Coffee Roasters was born. Starting life in 2018 as a pop-up in Walthamstow’s Blackhorse Lane, the company now boasts 10 London locations, including Portobello Road, King s Cross, Victoria, Barnes, Columbia Road, Blackhorse Lane and Aldgate – the latter of which is a Finalist in our Toast the City Awards for Best Coffee. Can Hermanos match last year s winner? Last year we handed the Slice of Toast Trophy to Abchurch Lane’s Lazy Coffee, which we praised for its outstandingly sourced, lovingly prepared coffee as well as it’s punk mindset for keeping the Square Mile caffeinated. Now we are down to ju