Coming soon to Acton Market

You and Asli grew up together in Southall, West London - childhood friends who attended Dormers Wells school together. At some point in your late teens and twenties you lost touch, as life took you in different directions.

Then you reconnected - and out of that rekindled friendship came the idea for Sostre, a mobile coffee business you're now co-founding together.

The brand is very much rooted in that shared history. Southall, your school days, the friendship itself - these aren't just background details, they're central to the Sostre story and how you want to present the business to the world. It's the kind of origin story that's genuinely hard to manufacture, which is exactly what makes it powerful for press, crowdfunding, and building a loyal community around the brand.

That's the heart of it - two childhood friends from Southall, finding their way back to each other and building something together.