Ivy Wood Coffee

08/06/2026

Some food stuff 🥣🍌🍓🍰

05/06/2026

New to the menu 🥑 🧀 🍅

Smashed avocado & feta, seasoned with basil oil and garlic salt on homemade brioche toast. Topped with Piccolini tomatoes, rocket. (Pesto available optionally)

01/06/2026

No-one prepares you for the possibility that you might have a full time career in chronic illness. The hard part is that there’s so many aspects to some diseases that the symptoms can take turns and it can feel like you’re never well. It can feel like you’re always trying to find out what a new thing is, in the hope you can fix it. Recently I’ve realised that separating things into being able to live with and not being able to live with, might be the only way to stay positive. The only way to carry on is to keep hope, however little that can be sometimes.
Finding joy in the smaller things is absolutely essential for both physical and mental health. For some that’s sports, music, outdoors, religion, reading… for me it’s always been my work (and animals). My work is my art, the expression of who I am and despite all this I feel so incredibly lucky that two days a week I get to share that. Share it with the most wonderful team who dearly love me and love Ivy wood, and also the most caring, lovely customers. I get to see how this place makes other people happy, who may also be struggling to go about their day or their week.
I am lucky that I have always had light and lots of things to want to live for even in the most painful days when it’s felt easier to not be here.
I share this side of me to explain why I’m not always so reliable or able to open more days a week but also for the many, many people out there who also have this unwanted job. It’s not about being strong, because you don’t have a choice, but it’s about fighting through and being hopeful. Picking through things and being grateful for what makes you smile over feeling like things are unfair (even though you’re allowed to have those days).
Thank you all for being a big part of what keeps me going. Thank you for all the wonderful support and kindness. I hope Ivy Wood gives back to you all xx

29/05/2026

Hello Ivy Wooders 👋 ♥️
We’ve been working on a website and an order page… it’s live now but any suggestions or improvements are welcome. Hopefully it’s easy and simple but you can’t predict some things until it’s up and running.
We’re just starting off with a smaller selection of items to test it out.

Thanks so much and opinions welcome 🤗

Ivy Wood Coffee

24/05/2026

Open Tomorrow 9 - 3 ☀️

We will have cake, Toasties, cold drinks, coffee and plenty of shade ☂️

21/05/2026

The weather looks glorious so we will make sure to have plenty of iced drinks, ice cream and fresh bakes.
I’ve been struggling physically lately so you will see me sitting on the front, taking your orders this weekend (with the chaos behind me 😂).
Looking forward to seeing you all ☺️☺️

Chocolate orange cake
Ginger cake
Blueberry & maple
Lemon & coconut Lamington cakes
Pistachio pastries
Chocolate brownies
Sausage rolls
Toasties
Toast (new toaster, hopefully faster 😅)

10/05/2026

09/05/2026

I love baking but it’s testing on the soul when you’re a people pleaser and a bit of a worrier. Every piece of cake or food that goes out has you questioning if it was good enough or if it was ok 😅
This week, my carrot cakes have been crumbly and I couldn’t figure out why. I went through everything, using my old mixer, mixing more, mixing less, soaking the raisins, not soaking the raisins. I woke up in the middle of the night and realised that I have been grating the carrots using a finer grater attachment 🤣😅 So - sorry if you got a crumbly carrot cake (hopefully it still tasted ok).

A small insight into how my little brain works behind the counter ☺️

02/05/2026

Tomorrow Sunday 3rd looks wet ☔️ so we will open in the morning until 1 oclock and open for a full day on bank holiday Monday instead.

So open
Sunday 9.30 - 1
Monday 9.30 - 4

Hope this is ok. Sorry it’s a late notice, we’ve been watching the weather all week before making the decision.