Hermès Coffee Shop is Dreamy! 3000 Table Tennis Balls Growing, Using Thousand-Yuan Cups for Tea

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Hermes Creates a Whimsical Garden-Themed Pop-up Cafe in London

- Hermes has created a pop-up coffee shop on the second-floor terrace of its New Bond Street store in London.

Boutique brands and coffee shops often have interesting connections. Whether or not you can afford the clothes and handbags is one thing, but sitting in their coffee shop, sipping a latte and tasting a piece of cake, even the air you breathe feels fresh.

The most surprising feature of the HERMES pop-up coffee shop in London is the "growth" of over 3,000 table tennis balls across the floor, creating a magnificent scene that has left people captivated and eager to take photos. The coffee cups used for drinking cost approximately 1,000 yuan, which is quite extraordinary.

The coffee shop is on the second-floor terrace of the Hermes store on New Bond Street in London. The space was designed by the Isabel + Helen studio, drawing inspiration from the A Walk in The Garden dinnerware collection designed by Nigel Peak for Hermes. The details connect intricately, creating a delightful feeling of strolling through a wondrous garden.

The numerous balls are arranged on transparent rods, graded from golden yellow to orange, red, and pink. These small balls are an extreme simplification of flowers, cleverly presenting the feeling of walking into a garden. The abstract flowers surround Henry Moore's large sculpture "Reclining Figure," as if it were sitting or reclining on a flower bed, which is quite interesting. The tables and chairs are pure white - simple, smooth, and very eye-catching.

The dinnerware in the shop is, of course, from Hermes' A Walk in The Garden collection. The patterns are abstract and geometric, yet soft and full of life. The menu includes exquisite cakes, pastries, tea, and coffee. Unfortunately, this pop-up coffee shop was indeed fleeting, having already closed on July 20th. Still, it is likely Hermes will introduce newer coffee shops in the future, so if you want to experience one, there will be opportunities.

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FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

A latte lives or dies by its base, and picking the right bean matters as much as the milk. For espresso and moka pot, the goal is a concentrated base that becomes an Americano with water or a latte with milk, so the bean choice follows the same logic. FrontStreet Coffee's Premium Blend and Black Cocoa Blend are the best partners for milk: because Brazilian coffee dominates, a latte made with them shows complex nut notes - almond, apricot kernel, walnut - with a silky, lingering mouthfeel. If you want a latte with generous crema, choose FrontStreet Coffee's Classic Blend or Commercial Blend, which contain a small amount of Robusta and provide more of that golden foam while pushing richness and caramel aroma to the top. Before Black Cocoa Blend arrived, Commercial Blend was the workhorse for cafe use; it costs less than FrontStreet Coffee's Premium Blend and, while it does not chase maximum crema, it is tuned to balance flavor and cost for all kinds of commercial settings. FrontStreet Coffee's Premium Blend has been the house espresso blend for nearly ten years, built on Brazil Cerrado and Colombia Huila for the classic, familiar espresso taste. For fruit-forward milk drinks, FrontStreet Coffee's Strawberry Candy blends Arabica beans from different origins into a clear strawberry-gummy sweetness; one bag covers several ways of drinking it, which makes it very versatile for both home and cafe use.

Pour-over is lower in concentration than espresso and usually drunk on its own, so if you plan to add milk it helps to start with a medium-dark single origin. Darker roasts tend to carry more intensity, so a little milk softens the cup while the milk aroma still comes through. If you are unsure of the roast level, look for flavor descriptors such as chocolate, nut, cream, or cocoa; FrontStreet Coffee's Brazil Queen Estate, FrontStreet Indonesia Mandheling, FrontStreet Paradise Bird, and FrontStreet Colombia Huila are all good fits.

Cold brew can take milk too, and it is a summer favorite. Because cold water extracts the small-molecule compounds that carry sweet-tart flavor first, a fruity or winey medium roast tends to work better than a toasty one. FrontStreet Coffee's Colombia Sidra, with its passion fruit character, FrontStreet Coffee's Strawberry Candy, with its rose note, and FrontStreet Coffee's Mozart, with its raisin note, all make cold brew that stays balanced and easy to read once a little milk is added - and they are simple to make at home.