Prism Coffee

20/05/2026

17/02/2026

New guest espressos everyone and they are absolute bangers!!!

- Mystic China / Yunan, China / Anaerobic Natural / Cherry and Peach by the bucket loads. Roasted by

- Quindio Micro Lot / Armenia, Colombia / Washed / Subtle Lime and Chocolate. Roasted by

- Super Natural Geisha / Granja de Flores, Colombia / Super Natural / Floral Tropical and Peach. Someone somewhere has to use it in a competition somewhere because this is an absolute banger!!! Be warned, this has a £3 supplement. Roasted by

02/12/2025

Need something for Christmas for that coffee nerd in your life? Need help and advice? Looking to treat yourself and better your coffee game?

If any of those are you, we’ve got you sorted here at Prism Coffee. Feel free to message ahead with any questions and please don’t be afraid to pop by and chat coffee, we love it!!

01/12/2025

Can’t believe it’s that time of year already.

Just like previous years Prism is changing its opening hours for the month of December. As always will open at 8am but we will be closing at 3pm everyday.

On the 24th December will be open 8am until 12pm.

Prism Coffee will then close for our annual seasonal break. We will reopen on the 26th January 2026.

Cheers and look forward to serving you in what is often the most magical month in Saltwell Park.

22/06/2025

Oi oi saveloys!!!

First and foremost, thank you to all of you who came on Friday 20th June and for everyone who has supported so far. It’s really warming and encouraging the amount of people who truly want us to succeed in this little side project. Thank you.

On Friday the 20th:
- 70 pizzas sold
- First sold at 16:55 and served at 16:57
- Last sold at 19:12 and served at 20:55
- 70% of pizzas were served within 1 min of collection time
- Longest wait from collection time given was 6 min

I really appreciate how so many people took part in the vision of just enjoying the park in the time between placing their orders and collecting their pizzas. Extra respect to the number of groups who brought deck chairs and booze and just enjoyed the lush evening sun from the field. You are definitely my kind of people.

Just to clarify, there is a Public Space Protection Order for the whole of Gateshead that makes it illegal to drink alcohol in public spaces. But my experience and observation has been that this is only ever enforced when members of the community get a bit radgie and become inconsiderate. So drink at your own risk and don’t take this as legal advice.

So for the rest of the year the system implemented on Friday is what will be used. 1) queue 2) place order 3) collect at given time.

There won’t be any Pizza in the Park next Friday. The next dates will be:
- 4th July
- 25th July
- 1st August
- 22nd August
- 29th August
Dates are subject to change and I’ll confirm each evening in good time anyway.

Thank you to all and a special thank you to Will who’s been helping out and working his socks off.

Cheers

15/06/2025

Hi everyone,

Here is Update N°2 on Pizza in the Park.

First of all, thank you to everyone who turned up last Friday 13th June. It was a milestone, all thanks to each and everyone of you. Thank you for your support and kind words.

Last Friday we sold the first pizza at 17:04 and the last pizza at 20:34. We sold a total of 67 pizzas, which meant I baked a pizza every 3 min and 12 seconds. My goal from day one was to pump out a pizza every 3 min, so that goal is in sight and some time savings are defos to be made from my technique in stretching the dough. I’m a “slap and stretch” kinda dough stretcher and it needs some refining.

Many of you waited the full length of the queue, which spanned the width of the Almond Pavilion. This meant your wait time was around 1.5 hours plus to place your order and then around 35 min to get your pizzas. This is brutal and not much can be done when only two pizzas can be cooked at a time and I’m selling a restaurant product not in a restaurant setting. Hey, maybe one day I’ll have to open a pizzeria!

Until then I have the next round of refinements:

- I have ordered a card reader that can print tickets. The plan is to simply take people’s order, give an ESTIMATED time for when their order will be ready to collect. That way people can relax on the field with a drink, some olives and the sunset while they wait.
- I will be ordering a tonne more olives, because we sold out super early because they are just so incredibly delicious.
- The pizzas will have slightly less cheese. Now, I know loads of you will be thinking “WHAT?!!!”. But Neapolitan pizza is about simplicity, balance and harmony. It’s about the individual ingredients shinning and showcasing their quality. I cut the Fior di Latte by hand and I had changed the cut size from 8mm to 5mm to improve melt and coverage, but this led to me misjudging the dose, hence too much cheese.
- Some of you noticed I had changed the prices of the Marinaras and Margheritas from £8/9 to £7/8. I have temporarily done this until I am fully happy with how it’s all going. I will have to put the prices back up by £1 once everything is running a little more smoothly.

See you on the 20th June.

08/06/2025

Hello everyone,

Last Friday was the first night of Pizza In The Park and unfortunately it wasn’t the success it was supposed to be.

The launch of the pre-ordering and booking system started strong with it being a sell out and well received. That did not translate well for a whole load of reasons, which meant some people were being served 45 minutes early and others an hour late. Add on my inexperience as a pizzaiolo and there was no clawing back from the situation, which ended on me ending service half way through and issuing everyone refunds and an offer for gift cards. It was the hardest decision I have made and I’m sorry to have let everyone down.

The first 15-20 pizzas I made were the best pizzas I have made to date, something I am super proud of and has fuelled my decision to try again this Friday 13th June.

There will be no more booking system. It’ll be first come first served, just like the coffee. Our lovely Will will be helping out on the evening by taking orders, payment, keeping people informed, steadying the flow and just being a general overall legend.

The menu will also be simplified. I will only be making Marinaras and Margheritas, Plant Based Cheeses still available. This is to speed things up and to allow me to gain practice and speed. Practice makes perfect and fewer toppings will allow me to better concentrate on the temperature management of the ovens and nailing the basics. Flavour isn’t the problem, that’s nailed and I think I’ve proved that. Quality, ex*****on and speed are the top priority.

The three Sparkling Marlish drinks and the Marinated Gordal Olives will also be available.

I hope you can all give Pizza In The Park another chance.

See you all from 5pm on Friday 13th June.

01/06/2025

On Friday the 30th a thing happened. An idea that came about almost a decade ago.

The idea of Prism Coffee came about with the birth of my daughter almost 4 years ago, with the motivation of wanting to create something for her and the communities around Saltwell Park. But I’ve been making pizza on and off for almost half a decade before I ever made my first coffee. It just always made more sense for it to be coffee rather than pizza.

Will I ever be as good at making pizza than coffee? Only time will tell.
We’ve pumped out around 100k coffees now at Prism Coffee and it’s still a work in progress, with many improvements still planned. But the fact is, Prism Coffee has only become the success that it is because of the amazing community that surrounds it. I am so grateful to all of you regulars, supporters and those who truly understand what Prism Coffee is all about. Thank you!!!

On Friday the 30th May a gratuity event was held for 50 regulars to say thank you. I wanted to invite double that but as it was the first time making pizzas for so many, I wanted to keep some sort of standard while still pushing myself. Thank you for being my guinea pigs. Just like the first coffees to come out of Prism Coffee they were far from perfect, but nothing I hope a bit of practice can’t fix.

So every Friday from 5-8:30pm (mostly) and April to September there will be “Pizzas in the Park” at Prism Coffee.

13/03/2025

Say hello to Leon, the newest addition to the Prism team.

Leon is a Boro lad, a mathematician, a rock climber and a lover of all things coffee. He’s partial to a co-ferment on the Orea V3 but really anything goes.

Leon and his partner just moved to Gateshead and he’s using the move as a chance to follow his passion for coffee in the hope to make it a career. He’s a quick learner and excited to meet everyone in our amazing community.

He’ll be working Thursdays and weekends, so make sure to come and say hi.