East London is cool. Sometimes it can feel impossibly cool, verging on inaccessibly hip. If you don’t have a perfect hipster beard or a great pixie haircut dyed pastel pink, can you really fit in? In between the Silicon Roundabout (with all the cool kids of tech) and the Shoreditch fashion scene – East London is where young vibrant Londoners seem to flock. Yet, amongst all of this, there is a man who’s lived in East London for 86 ½ years. His name is Joseph Markovitch, he takes 5 sugars in his tea and pulls off a checkered blazer beautifully. He likes Nicolas Cage. He’s left London only once in his life, to go to the seaside with his mother.

There is perhaps nothing that coffee can’t cure. First thing in the morning it’s a remedy for sleepiness. At lunch it’s the pick me up that keeps your day ticking along. After dinner it’s an opportunity to keep chatting long into the night with friends. Whether it’s a strong espresso, an iced latte or a trendy cold brew, one thing is for certain. A cup of fresh coffee is one of our most delightful daily rituals. But what if you combine the awesome power of coffee with the singular beauty of a brand new book? Here we decided to do just that. We’ve paired each of our eight favourite coffee orders with one shiny new book, hot off the presses.