London has really let the juice loose of late; these days, anybody who is anybody is sipping the stuff – cold-pressed and organic, of course. With juice bars on their way to becoming as ubiquitous as coffee bars in the city, we’ve rounded up the best in town. Straws at the ready...
London's best juice bars
This travelling juice team doesn’t care whether you’re fanatical about your five-a-day or just need a vitamin-packed hangover-helper – at their weekday stall in Whitecross Street Market (they also pop up at Southbank Centre, Primrose Hill and other markets and festivals), they concentrate on getting their seasonal concoctions into your hands as speedily as possible. Just pick one from the rainbow display – try the red juice (beetroot, carrot, apple and ginger) – then browse the rest of the market. From £2-£4.
These cold-pressed juices are made using a hydraulic extractor to ensure all the healthy bits are retained for longer. Imaginations have run wild in the development kitchen, resulting in inspiring (if unusual) combinations including ‘Pineapple Immunity’ (pineapple, coriander, coconut, ginger), plus flavoured nut-milk drinks, smoothies and intense juice ‘shots’, all to have in or take away. At £3.30 for 250ml, these juices are a millennial lifestyle accessory more attainable and affordable than the designer bags of generations past...
Press also available in Broadgate, Selfridges and Cheapside.
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