Coffee, that jittery, brown stimulant of the overworked, is the unofficial national religion of Britain. First coming to these shores in the 16th century, coffee has remained a staple in getting us through our day. Fast forward to the specialty coffee shops of East London today, and you can see just how dramatically coffee has evolved - mine's a pink bourbon carbonic maceration, thanks. Back in the mid-1980s, however, and coffee, much like us, was a simpler, less pretentious affair.
