Under Pressure roasts its own beans in-house, with named single origins split into espresso and filter roasts. Order the flat white and watch it get poured.

A station platform café where the staff talk coffee as seriously as they talk bagels, and the freshly roasted beans on the shelf change often enough to keep regulars buying them.

A Sutton Coldfield counter where the iced matcha, built on Uji and Yame leaf, is the order, with cold brew and a nitro tap to follow. Pastries are fresh, and the staff talk ingredients like they mean it.

A sourdough bakehouse on Holland Road where the breakfast and fresh pastries are the reason to come and the coffee holds up alongside them.

A Gracechurch Shopping Centre brunch spot in Sutton Coldfield pouring Ozone Coffee next to Eggs Bennies and pancakes. Come for the plates; the coffee is a solid match for them.

A park-side bistro inside Sutton Park pouring Chartley Coffee, with breakfast and lunch built around local suppliers.