As predicted in our earlier news story (see link below), the project has officially launched with a Kickstarter campaign to fund its first London premises.

Running for a month until March 14, the campaign aims to raise £35,000 — enough to enable it to touch down in central London and offer a reliable supply of artisan coffee, finger-licking cakes and, indeed, kisses!

With everything for sale except its staff, Coffee, Cake & Kisses will celebrate bonds between people, and quality relationships of all kinds.

It will keep the diversity and inclusion ethos of Coffee, Cake & Kink, as well as much of the original store’s merchandise while also making difficult concepts more accessible to the general public.

With a firm focus on relationships both traditional and alternative, Coffee, Cake and Kisses aims to provide a comfortable, non-judgmental space for the exploration of all things carnal and cerebral, inclusive and welcoming of all genders, sexualities, relationship models and lifestyles.

Staff training will include brewing methods, home baking and kissing tips and tricks, all to be shared with customers. Books, art, cards, and gifts available for sale will range from coffee equipment to cookery books to gender politics, polyamory and sex education.

An eclectic line-up of events will embrace anything from bake dates to erotic story-telling to sensuous body painting workshops. As an added twist, everything you will see in store — from coffee equipment to furnishings to lighting — will also be available for sale.