Mettricks Tea & Coffee has opened its second coffee house in Southampton in the former Ecco shoe shop next to the city’s historic Bargate. The Southampton based business, which has traded for two years in the medieval Old Town area of the city, has agreed to operate as a “pop up” until the end of the year to fulfil the demand for better tea and coffee that exists in the city centre.
Sotonians deserve better
Mettricks’ founder, Spencer Bowman, said: “We are on a mission to Bring Better Tea and Coffee to our great city. We are calling time on bitter, burnt coffee, scalded milk and the proliferation of characterless chain outlets that make every shopping centre and high street identical – we believe that Sotonians deserve better. Not only are we making a name for ourselves for the best tea and coffee, crafted by dedicated baristas, and the warmest hospitality in our city, but our team of chefs put just as much pride and passion into the quality and provenance of our brunch and lunch menu.”
With an active approach to supporting other Southampton and Hampshire based small businesses wherever possible, including Graham Cotton and his Bitterne Triangle bakery, Winchester fine tea merchants Char, New Forest Ice Cream, Uptons and Owtons city butchers and Bellows fresh foods, as well as charities and creative organisations, Mettricks is determined to do good as well as create tasty food and drink.
If successful, the business has already negotiated an extension that will see Mettricks become one of a handful of Southampton based independents permanently based Above Bar. They will be host venues for this year’s Music In The City, Southampton Film Week and So:ToSpeak festivals, as well as hosting exhibitions by Red Hot Press and unit11 studios.
Mettricks Ltd, 117 High Street, Old Town, Southampton SO14 2AA
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