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Porcelain Coffee Bar, speciality coffee on Old Elvet, Durham

Watercolour painting of the green shopfront at 3C Old Elvet, Porcelain lettered on both windows, the door between them.

A dad-and-daughter coffee bar on Old Elvet.

3C OLD ELVET, DURHAMHours: 8:30–5, closed Tue

Hello. We’re Porcelain.

A dad-and-daughter coffee bar in a green Victorian shopfront on Old Elvet. We pull proper flat whites on Fika beans, roasted up the road in the North East, and bake our own cakes, labelled by hand at the counter.

That’s the whole pitch. The rest is better in person.

PORCELAIN
Two flat whites in white porcelain cups either side of the red Porcelain coaster.
The cake cabinet: traybakes with piped cream, and a handwritten label for the pecan and banana loaf.

Inside

The door from inside: lamplight, café curtains, and the CLOSED sign waiting to be flipped.
Behind the counter: the cake cabinet, the waffle iron, tulips beside the espresso machine.
The room: customers at the tables under the model sailboat.

Mahogany panelling, globe lamps, a model sailboat on the shelf, and the saucers have our name round the rim.

4.9 OUT OF 5 · 81 GOOGLE REVIEWS

“Porcelain serves up the best coffee in Durham city by far.”
JONATHAN H. · GOOGLE
“Stunning decor, lush atmosphere and a top notch brew. Durham was screaming out for more speciality coffee. 10/10!”
CHRISTOPHER B. · GOOGLE
“I think I’ve accidentally found my new fav coffee shop in Durham!”
LAYLA JADE · GOOGLE

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Find us

Just over Elvet Bridge. Look for the green front.

3C Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HL
Opening hours
Mon8:30 – 5
Tueclosed
Wed – Sun8:30 – 5
Hours: 8:30–5, closed Tue
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Dogs welcome. There’s a bowl by the door.

@PORCELAINCOFFEEBAR FOR TODAY’S BAKES

The benches under the shop window, café curtains behind the glass.