The Missing Bean Oxford
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:31 pmMade the (sadly only) annual trip to Oxford to meet the relatives.
The Missing Bean - We managed to find it.
It is indeed only about 3 doors down from the whiskey shop on Turl street. They use Darlington's coffee and have a La Marzocco machine (I suspect its a Linea although I am miles away from being an expert). They are a very friendly bunch and it was nice coffee in a relaxed setting. They obviously know what they are doing. The wife had a cold so couldnt taste much but my double espresso was nice and smokey with lovely mouth feel. I wouldnt say it was better than what we do at home but thats probably as much to do with personal taste as anything else. We'd definitely go there again ( and we did make it there twice) They also did nice fresh orange juice for our 2 boys. Also some nice little touches like supplying a glass of water with the espresso and automatically supplying a cake with two forks instead of just one.
The 2nd day we went there (today) was very wet and with the windows steamed up no.2 son decided on some artwork. (Maybe he was inspired by the Bridget Riley prints or maybe not) I am not sure which is the self portrait.
They also had some very nice looking cakes (we tried the carrot cake and it was excellent) and had some nice looking pastries and paninis but not too big a range which I think is a good sign.
The Missing Bean - We managed to find it.
It is indeed only about 3 doors down from the whiskey shop on Turl street. They use Darlington's coffee and have a La Marzocco machine (I suspect its a Linea although I am miles away from being an expert). They are a very friendly bunch and it was nice coffee in a relaxed setting. They obviously know what they are doing. The wife had a cold so couldnt taste much but my double espresso was nice and smokey with lovely mouth feel. I wouldnt say it was better than what we do at home but thats probably as much to do with personal taste as anything else. We'd definitely go there again ( and we did make it there twice) They also did nice fresh orange juice for our 2 boys. Also some nice little touches like supplying a glass of water with the espresso and automatically supplying a cake with two forks instead of just one.
The 2nd day we went there (today) was very wet and with the windows steamed up no.2 son decided on some artwork. (Maybe he was inspired by the Bridget Riley prints or maybe not) I am not sure which is the self portrait.
They also had some very nice looking cakes (we tried the carrot cake and it was excellent) and had some nice looking pastries and paninis but not too big a range which I think is a good sign.
