About Notions Coffee
THE SMARTEST
friend in the coffee world.honest, experienced, on your side
Notions Coffee is a UK coffee consultancy for first-time café and roastery owners. We work at the point where the idea meets the reality. Helping people build coffee businesses that are financially sound, operationally tight, and genuinely good to be in.
Founded by Myles Buckley — SCA Professional, Q-Grader, twelve years in the industry — Notions brings the expertise of a large agency to the scale and warmth of a trusted friend.
Myles Buckley
Founder Notions Coffee
01 — The Founder
FROM COFFEE CRAFT
to profitable operations.
Notions was founded by Myles Buckley, who brings over 12 years of experience in the specialty coffee industry. His background spans both independent ventures and commercially driven projects, giving him a practical understanding of what makes a coffee operation succeed. He has been directly involved in launching and scaling concepts such as Hidden Coffee and its roastery, Send, alongside Solace Coffee CIC, a social enterprise focused on supporting at-risk youth through training and employment pathways within the coffee sector.
Over the last five years, Myles has focused on coffee shop design, operational strategy, and consultancy for a range of brands across retail, hospitality, and workspace environments. His work includes collaborations with companies such as Diptyque, LimeBike, WeWork, and other growing businesses looking to integrate high-quality coffee into their customer experience. This includes everything from workflow planning and equipment selection to menu development and staff training.
This depth of experience is a core advantage. Notions works with brands that want more than a standard coffee offer, focusing instead on building high-performing, commercially viable coffee operations. The approach combines quality-driven sourcing, efficient bar design, and scalable systems to ensure consistency, speed of service, and strong margins over time.
— Myles
Our Philosophy
“You don't need to know everything on day one.
That's exactly what we're here for.”
— Notions Coffee
Opening a café is one of the more technically complex things a person can do — and one of the least supported. Most people arrive at it from a love of coffee, not a background in operations, finance, and brand strategy. We don't think that's a problem. We think that's what we're for.
Our Approach
Listen First
We start every engagement by understanding what you're actually trying to build — not by showing you a service menu and asking which one you'd like. The brief comes from you. The work is built around it.
Think Practical
Every recommendation we make is something you can implement. We don't produce strategy documents no one reads or present solutions that require a team you don't have yet. If it can't be actioned, it doesn't go in the plan.
Build Together
We stay involved through implementation — not just the diagnosis. The goal is never to make you dependent on a consultant. It's to leave you with a business that runs better without us than it did with us.
The Team
Training Expert · 12 Years
Myles Buckley
Founder & Lead Consultant
Myles spent over a decade working in specialty coffee; on bar, in green buying, and running operations for multi-site independents; before founding Notions. He holds the SCA Professional qualification and a Q-Grader certification, and has worked with more than fifty businesses from pre-opening concept to profitable operation.
Bar Flow Expert · 5 Years
Michael Walsh
Operations Specialist
Michael has spent five years focused on one thing: making coffee bars run better. Before joining Notions, he managed operations for a seven-site group in the Republic of Ireland, where he rebuilt bar workflows, wrote training standards, and cut average service time across every site.
Packaging · Identity · Digital
Priya Mehta
Brand & Marketing Consultant
Priya leads brand and marketing engagements at Notions, working with cafés and roasteries to build identities that go well beyond a logo. She has a background in independent hospitality branding and brings a clear commercial lens to creative decisions. Every element she specifies has a reason.
What They Say
“Notions didn't just help us open — they changed how we think about running a café. Six months in and we're already planning a second site.”
“The bar flow work alone was worth the entire engagement. We're serving 30% more covers in the same footprint, with half the chaos.”
“Finally, someone who speaks like a person and not a corporate consultant. Practical, honest, and genuinely invested in our success.”
ready when you are
LET'S TALK ABOUT
what you're building.
Book a free 30-minute discovery call. No obligation, no jargon — just an honest conversation about your café and how we can help.