The Hive Mind
Early Bees Coffee is redefining London’s coffee culture from three addresses in Holborn, Old Street and Bank. Founded by Celal Çay and Tarik Gunturk — with roots in premium hospitality and organic honey production through Turkey’s Eğriçayır — the brand is built on a single, quietly radical idea: that quality should come from somewhere real.
At a time when specialty coffee leans heavily on flavour engineering and constructed sweetness, Early Bees centres its offer around natural honey as both ingredient and philosophy. Signature drinks such as the Honey Matcha and Honey Cloud Latte, paired with single origin coffee from Huila, Colombia, deliver a sensory experience that prioritises elegance over novelty.
The interiors reflect the same restraint — natural materials, unhurried service and spaces designed for people to genuinely stay. The brand sources from local London apiaries and applies the traceability standards of organic food production across its entire supply chain.
With international expansion on the horizon and a growing loyal clientele, Early Bees Coffee is not chasing London’s appetite for the next thing. It is building something designed to last.