Brits may be famed tea drinkers, but coronavirus is driving Londoners to Australian-style coffee

The signs are everywhere: boarded up shops, empty pubs and vacant high streets.

But scattered across neighbourhoods everywhere in London are small pockets of vibrancy: the local coffee shop.

“I’d say it’s nearly as good as going to the pub for a pint,” Jayke Mangion, an Australian café owner, told the ABC.

“There’s been a little bit of comfort in knowing your local cafes, being able to have that one or two…