Coffee brand and retailer Nespresso opened its first standalone London “boutique” this week.

Located at the southern end of Regent Street on a site formerly occupied by the Café Royal, the 479 sq m Nespresso shop features touchscreen technologies, a “Tasting Area” and walls formed by vertical stacks of “Grands Crus” coffee capsules.

A second London store is due to open in Knightsbridge on July 24. The two London branches join the Manchester outlet, located in The Trafford Centre, which opened in March.