[4] The original shop is at 27 Monmouth Street (51°30′51.7″N 00°07′36.5″W / 51.514361°N 0.126806°W / 51.514361; -0.126806 (Covent Garden)), a grade II listed 18th-century terraced house.

[6] In its early years, the shop sold three or four kinds of green or roast coffee beans in sacks containing one, three, seven or ten pounds.

[9][13][14]: 95  Along with Brindisa and Neal's Yard Dairy, Monmouth Coffee played an important role in the revival of Borough as a retail food market.

[14]: 92  In 2009 an arch was opened to sell coffee on Saturdays and other local traders followed suit, forming Maltby Street Market.

Its staff visit producers to find new suppliers, then the company signs long term contracts to secure its supply of high-quality coffee.