Driven partly by Gen-Z’s “little treat culture” and insatiable thirst for “social currency”, partly by corporate London’s magnetic draw to a long queue of like-minded professionals, a new wave of coffee shops and salad bars is emerging, and shaking up the scene.

Meet the world of maximalist menus, iced matchacanos, superfood salads worth spending your lunch break queuing for. And behind it all, an expansive and increasingly real-estate hungry sector that might just make your places and properties the hottest things since a cold pour-over.