Brew — Restaurant in Oxford

It is maybe just me but I usually do not go and leave a review for a Starbucks or a Costa after you pick up my morning drink. Cafes are just a part of our everyday lives, walk in, pay, pick up and leave (sometimes stay) and that's it.

This morning I had the pleasure to have a coffee at Brew in Oxford. A small, independent coffee shop just north of the city centre, hidden on a lovely little street. The place is not the biggest, only a handful of tables. They serve coffee of all sorts, tea, some other drinks and real, home made cakes.

Coffee is just usually coffee but what they do here is something completely new and better than anything I have ever had before. Maybe this is what coffee should be and everywhere else they are just trying. It is difficult to describe how good a coffee can be but imagine eating without salt for years and all of a sudden someone seasons your meal.

From what I saw they put a lot of work and effort into every drink they serve from sourcing and roasting the coffe to the way it is finally brew. Really good quality ingredients put together with a lot of care and the result is just amazing.

Try it with no sugar, do not let it ruin what really coffee should taste like.

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Wonderful independent coffee shop! The kind of artisan coffee shops you find in trendy locales in big cities.

The coffee was fantastic. My double espresso was rich and fruity, with no hint of bitterness. Whereas my husband's preference of latte, the coffee was beautifully blended with milk - to the point where I (a diehard black coffee drinker) thought it enjoyable.

They serve a few cakes (we had blueberry), and some cold drinks too. They also sell a range of coffee equipment (coffee grinders, cups, filters, and of course aero presses!) And I spotted some lovely coffee cups I almost bought.

With so many coffee shops cropping up in Oxford, it's nice to find one that is stripped back and focused on high quality coffee (rather than interior design and clever, yet annoying, chairs). It would have been nice to have our coffees in the shop, though it didn't feel like we should! No chairs, but a bench along the window. Hopefully they'll add a couple of small chairs and a small table at some point!

Good place to grab a coffee whilst visiting the knitting shop. Would be better if you could natter about knitting with friends in here after going...

Trip 1: It's probably better than a 3star rating but due to Covid restrictions I can't give it the full appraisal. Coffee is good and is at "Oxford pricing" but the cup size was a little larger than usual. I'd love to have gone in but their usual premise was shut and they are vending from 'The Rabbit Hole' down the road. It's a beautiful part of Oxford and promises a lot, but till I can return and see more of it and enjoy the full experience, a 3 star review seems fair. The coffee was good, not exceptional and the staff member I saw was very polite and helpful.

Trip 2: For context this visit was several months later (April 13th) just as restrictions started to ease.

Much better experience this time getting to go in and see the full experience. The staff member in there was very friendly and the coffee was very much improved, different beans? Who knows who cares? The coffee was excellent and the inside of the store shows how much they care about their offering of teas and coffees, lots of brewing paraphinalia on offer, as well as frisbees (they're near the park!) and to be honest a great spot that I will definitely...