"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."
2 Wells, The Barn, Sheep St, Stow-on-the-Wold, Cheltenham GL54 1AA, UK
Most Cotswolds cafes are betting you won't notice the coffee. This one's betting you will.
Ritual Coffee Roasters on the machine, St Georges Bakery pastries on the counter, and three floors of The Square to settle into. The coffee earns its place; the building does the rest.
Missing Bean roasts in Oxford; this is the Woodstock room where coffee people go to drink it. The cappuccino is the reason most of them come back.