Loaf Far Headingley

This Coffee Empowers Women

That's a bold claim; but, the outstanding work of these female farmers in Peru, supported by Cafe Femenino, means that it has become a reality. As part of B Corp UK Month / International Women's Day, we recognise their amazing achievements over the last nineteen years and highlight why we continue supporting their efforts.

Over the last few years we have supported infrastructure projects with the women coffee farmers of Lambayeque, Peru; part of the ASPROAGRO Co-op from which we buy green coffee. Back in 2019, we funded three projects in the area, in partnership with the Cafe Femenino Program International.

Together we can help to continue support of the Foundation to purchase materials and engineering for a rain-water storage and crop irrigation system in these remote mountainous coffee-growing communities. The work has provided water, not just for coffee growing, but for food crops to support the community during off-seasons.

By purchasing a bag of our Café Femenino, Peru Coffee, you will be directly supporting these communities.

Dark Woods has been buying coffee from Café Femenino farmers in Peru for eight years now, and we are proud to work with them. We source from the ASPROAGRO Coffee Farmer Co-operative which, unusually in Latin America, is made up entirely of women coffee farmers.

Whilst women have always been crucial to coffee production in Peru, men traditionally held economic power. In 2003, 464 female coffee farmers in Peru united to change this and take a step toward empowerment. They decided to separate their coffee production from the men to obtain visibility and better financial reward for their labour, and a voice within their community.

Working in partnership with OPTCO in the USA, they developed a market for women-produced coffee to serve as an important vehicle for social change and the empowerment of impoverished, marginalised women coffee farmers. Since then, the Café Femenino movement now includes thousands of women farmers in nine countries across the world.

For more updates on the ongoing projects, please read our updated blog, link below in the comments.

Earl Grey & Vanilla bean cake and a new plant baby. What a day!

Open 9-4 as usual

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Forgot to buy a Father’s Day present - we got you covered 🥓🍺

My dad would be so pumped to see what we’ve made of this place and would be first in the queue for this breakfast.

🚨 New Menu Alert 🚨

Here’s one of the new sandwiches - Roast pork shoulder, chilli jam, kale pesto & pickled fennel in a ciabatta roll! 👌

🚨FREE COFFEE🚨

The sun is shining and I feel like having some fun. We’ve hidden a whole load of fully stamped loyalty cards around for you to find.

The rules are pretty complicated so listen up…

1. Go for a walk in sunny Headingley
2. Find a card
3. Run into Loaf screaming “I’M A WINNER” (this one might be a stretch but I’d love to see you do it 😂)
4. Enjoy a delicious coffee on us!

Check out our stories for some major clues.

It’s the weeeeeeekend! 🥳

Open everyday with everything you need for a top notch four day weekend. Come on sunshine 🤞🏼

We have everything from bacon sandwiches, delicious toasties, more cake than you can handle and our usual delish . You can’t go wrong. DM to book or head to our website. Walk-ins welcome as always.

Little Yorkshire charcuterie set up for a book club meeting tonight 🧀

We love doing cosy events like this after hours ✨

Open 9-5 today ☕️🥑🥓🍰

And there might fiiiiinally be some progress on the gas 🙊 will let you know a date when we know for sure. Sunny days with brunch on the terrace are coming 🥳🥳🥳 but for now we still have an amazing menu to satisfy those breakfast and lunch cravings (honestly not sure how Dave and Harry have worked such wizardry for so long)

Our slow roast vine tomatoes on toasted sourdough is the perfect lunch for ☀️ days like today!

The toast is topped with whipped ricotta, vine tomatoes, capers and basil oil. And you can get crispy chorizo as an added extra! 😋
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Looking for our newest Loafer!

We are searching for a supervisor to join our amazing team working front of house.

If you have a passion for great food, great coffee and want to build a career with an indie business then we’d love to hear from you.

Our customers mean everything so we want someone who comes with fresh ideas and tonnes of energy.

DM or send you CV and a bit about yourself to [email protected]

Went to today, tasted some beaut coffees and generally enjoyed Yorkshire at its finest! Check out our stories for more.

Comment below if you would be interested in a coffee tasting event at Loaf 👇🏼

Weekend ⚡️

🍓 The perfect way to start a sunny day! ☀️

Toasted brioche, macerated strawberries, Greek yoghurt and honey!

We’ve got some beaut new additions to our menu including a few small plates, breakfast toasts and toasted sourdough open sandwiches! 😋

This one is from the small plates section.👌

Whipped goats cheese - pickled pears - walnut granola - bitter leaves - citrus dressing.

We are open every day this Easter 🐣

The weather is looking fine and so is our terrace. Pop down for delish coffee and a bacon sarnie in the sunshine👌🏼

✨Today’s special ✨
Homemade baked beans on toasted bluebird bakery sourdough!👌

Morning Leeds ❄️☀️❄️☀️

Very aware of the stark difference in the last two grid posts! (Just a shame it’s not enough for a full on snow day 🤪)

Bacon sandwich and a hot choc to start the day it is 🙌🏼

Our terrace is the place to be on a sun shiny day! ☀️

Pay for the coffee and get a sun tan for free! ☕️🌞

Thanks so much to Amy aka Nell’s Urban Greens for dropping off these stunning blue nasturtium leaves for us to try.👌💚 They are super tasty, starting out sweet and end peppery and hot. 😋

📸 Avocado toast - cashew cream - pickled pink onions - toasted seeds - Nell’s Urban Greens micro shoots.
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Loaf Far Headingley updated their phone number.

It’s official, we should all spend more time loafing 🙌🏼

If anyone needs a spot to harness the power of a good ‘loaf’ then the sofa is nice and comfy for some coffee fuelled daydreaming

Oh hello sunshine my old friend! ☀️

New outdoor furniture all ready for lunching on the terrace. Is there a better way to skive off work for an hour or so 😎






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Moral of the story….7% of you are absolute animals 😅

Not that there is a single crumb of cake or rasher of bacon left after this weekend! Amazing to see the sunshine on our terrace again and so many of you coming down to see us. We love to have ya!

So gutted to say goodbye to our lovely next door neighbours Katie & May. 🥲

Good luck with the future and hope to see you soon.

(Catherine we’ll keep a tub of your fave hot choc in for you!) 😉

Perfect sundowner after a beautiful day 😎


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🎶Guess who’s back
🎶Back again
🎶Dave is back
🎶Tell a friend

It’s Dave’s first full day back in his brand new kitchen! Bringing all the grumpy chef feels as usual 😜 make sure to give him your friendliest wave to really annoy him.

While we are waiting for the gas situation to be sorted we’ve got a temporary take out menu featuring some tasty focaccia sandwiches. This beaut is fried halloumi, chilli jam and kale!

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Loaf Far Headingley updated their business hours.

All set up and ready to go in the morning 😎

Which is why it’s so gutting to have to say that we will be take-away only for a little while. I won’t bore you with the details but no gas also means no heating or hot water in our bathrooms.

We’d love you to swing by for a nose and of course some beaut , cakes and a takeaway menu of both new and old dishes.

If you are out for a walk in this lovely weather then we hope to see you tomorrow! 🙄☔️🌪