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Kettle Black Coffee
Northern Quarter, Manchester · Coffee
I walked in for five minutes and stayed for an hour. Amara roasts in the basement on a machine she rebuilt herself, and you can smell it from the street. The flat white came with a hand-drawn map of where the beans grew. That's the kind of detail chains can't fake.
Visited 28 September 2026 by The Spotter
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