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A New Coffee Company Is Taking On Starbucks in London

Blank Street Coffee plans two dozen U.K. shops by the end of the year.

Blank Street teams up with vendors, including plant specialists The Sill, to sell coffee at reasonable prices.

Blank Street teams up with vendors, including plant specialists The Sill, to sell coffee at reasonable prices.

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Morning latte decisions are about to get harder in London.

Blank Street Coffee, the fast-growing Brooklyn, N.Y.-based chain, is bringing its inexpensive espresso to the U.K.’s capital in June. The first location is set for Fitzrovia, near University College London. The company plans to open additional locations in quick succession in the area while expanding into the residential Marylebone neighborhood.