Golden Sheep roast in Gloucestershire, and this Shambles market stand is where you drink the results. Michael has tasted every batch since founding the roastery in 2018.

Fire & Flow on house espresso, a Cotswolds roaster whose founder has twice been a UK Barista Championship finalist. Guest coffees rotate across both espresso and filter, making this Stroud's most seriously coffee-minded room.

The coffee is better than a Stroud bakery needs to be. Get the cortado with whatever's just out of the oven.

An independent bakehouse on Bridge Street where the coffee earns its own conversation. Worth stopping for the cappuccino even if you're not hungry.

The brunch is what brings people in, and it's among the better options on the high street. Coffee is done with enough care not to let the food down.

Rough Hands coffee in a bakery that treats its sourcing as seriously as its doughnuts. The vegan doughnuts are the main event, but the coffee is a deliberate choice, not a default.