"Owner-run with a short menu in a market town full of brunch spots. Grouch is running a coffee operation, not a cafe with a machine in the corner."
3 New Rd, Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 0AS, UK
Come for the Welsh rarebit and stay for everything else on the home-cooked menu. The latte holds its own, which is enough when the kitchen is working this hard.
A food-first cafe where the sourdough does the work and the espresso holds up alongside it. Come for breakfast; the latte art says someone in the kitchen cares about the shot too.
Takeaway only in tourist-heavy Stow, but the beans are freshly roasted and the owner knows where they came from. Come for a coffee; leave with a bag.