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★EverydayThe everyday answer

Osborne Rd2 mi from Portsmouth centrelast reviewed July 2026

A Southsea brunch spot where the cortado gets customers using the word 'specialty' without anyone prompting them to.

The cortado that gets Southsea's brunch crowd saying 'specialty' unprompted.

4.7★★★★½(879)
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What we love

  • •Customers proactively describe the coffee as 'specialty', a word regulars don't reach for unprompted.
  • •The cortado draws specific praise as 'top quality and genuine specialty coffee'.
  • •Reviewers call the espresso rich and smooth, made with clearly high-quality beans.

Location

63 Osborne Rd, Southsea, Portsmouth, Southsea PO5 3LS, UK

2 mi from Portsmouth centre

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From the Journal

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Richaro's Ramblings · 4 May

The case for Everyday

Proper Coffee surfaces three tiers. We lean on the top one because that's the obvious thing a discovery site should do, and that's mostly where this site sends…

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