Bakehouse · Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham

Baked before dawn. Gone by lunch.

Slow-fermented sourdough, hand-laminated pastries and proper coffee — made from scratch every morning in our open bakehouse. No freezers, no shortcuts, no day-old anything.

48-hour ferment Stoneground UK flour Oven on from 4am

Out of the oven

Today's bakes

Small batches, baked through the morning. When the shelf's empty, that's it — see you tomorrow.

The Ember Loaf

Our signature sourdough — 48-hour cold ferment, dark bake, singing crust.

£4.80Daily · 4am bake

Croissant, Properly

27 layers of cultured butter, laminated by hand over three days.

£3.20Till 11am-ish

Cardamom Knot

Swedish-style, hand-tied, black cardamom sugar. The regulars' favourite.

£3.60Weekends x2

Rosemary Focaccia

Overnight-proved, dimpled deep, finished with olive oil and flaked salt.

£3.90By the slab

Seasonal Galette

Whatever's good this week — rhubarb in spring, plum come autumn.

£4.20This week: apricot

Flat White, Obviously

Single-origin from a Midlands roaster, dialled in twice a day.

£3.40Oat +0p

The craft

From flour to first customer

Every loaf takes three days. Here's where yours is right now.

Day 1 · 07:00

Feed the starter

"Bernard" — our 9-year-old levain — gets stoneground flour and warm water, twice a day, every day.

Day 2 · 14:00

Mix & fold

Flour, water, salt, levain. Folded by hand every half hour until the dough turns silk-smooth.

Day 2 · 20:00

The long cold sleep

Shaped, bannetoned and into the retarder overnight — where the flavour actually happens.

Day 3 · 04:00

Fire the deck oven

Scored, steamed and baked dark at 250°. The crust should crackle when you hold it to your ear.

Day 3 · 07:30

Doors open

Still warm on the shelf. If you hear the crust singing, you're in time.

Visit us

Come early. Seriously.

Opening hours

  • Tuesday – Friday7:30 – 14:00 or sold out
  • Saturday8:00 – 15:00
  • Sunday8:30 – 13:00
  • MondayOven's day off

Collection orders close 4pm the day before — call or email and we'll set your bake aside.

hello@crumbandember.co.uk 0121 496 0412

Find the bakehouse

Crumb & Ember Unit 3, The Old Assay Works
Warstone Lane, Jewellery Quarter
Birmingham B18

Batch drops · first taste

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