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welcome
Welcome to Leoni's Coffee Shop in Malton! We are thrilled to have you here and look forward to serving you. We are a small family run independent coffee shop in the heart of Malton - Yorkshire’s food capital.
Our cozy and welcoming atmosphere is the perfect place to relax, catch up with friends, or get some work done.
We pride ourselves on using high-quality locally sourced ingredients, home made baking on site and the best coffee this side of Italy from our highly trained, award winning baristas. So sit back, sip on your favourite drink, and savour the flavours we have on offer.
Thank you for choosing us as your go-to coffee shop, and we can't wait to see you soon!
a brief history
Leoni’s was established in 1996 in a former butcher’s shop by Simon Robertson. Local to North Yorkshire, after traveling and experiencing the ‘coffee culture’ overseas, he saw an opportunity and ‘Leonis’ was born. A desire to serve excellent coffee with the relaxed, welcoming atmosphere of your local country pub where everyone knows your name.
No great coffee shop is complete without great coffee. Simon quickly gained a reputation and before long entered the Uk barista championships. For these championships he worked very closely with his coffee roasters to develop a blend which was bespoke and unique to Leonis….. on the fifth attempt they succeeded in creating a very special blend - ‘Competition blend number 5’ - The blend we still use today for all our espresso based coffees.
Simon went on to win an unprecedented three UK barista championships, and placed 8th in the World championships.
Dominic joined the team at Leoni’s in 2012, and over the next 9 years worked closely with Simon to learn everything he could about the art of being a barista - not many people can say they have been trained by a three time UK champion!
In 2021 Simon stepped down and passed the baton onto Dominic. Things have gone from strength to strength, but we’ve retained the ethics, ethos, atmosphere, customer service and everything that made Leonis a great success for so many years.
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our coffee
Our blend of coffee today is the very same that was developed and used in the UK and world barista championships - our ‘Competition blend number 5’
this is a mix of Ethiopian, Brazilian, Honduran and Vietnamese coffees.
we know this coffee inside out. We know how it should look, how it should pour, how it should smell, and most importantly how it should taste. We know its ideal brew temperature and its tolerances. We know when something isn’t quite right, and we know exactly what changes need to be made to bring the coffee back to its best. This is time served knowledge and experience from Malton’s best baristas and coffee we are proud to put our name on.
Our coffee is available to buy in retail bags to enjoy the Leonis experience at home, or we can also supply wholesale for your your own coffee shop or restaurant.
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keeping it local
We are a small independent family run business. We rely on the local community to survive. In return we try to give back where we can. We have recently signed up to be joint shirt sponsors for the ‘Malton Marvels’. Malton and Nortons women RUFC.
charity work
Running the coffee shop is a full on, full time labour of love…. But we are happy to help out with local good causes whenever we can. Whether it’s a voucher for you school’s raffle, or a sponsored jump out of a plane!
