Coffee Under Pressure | speciality coffee & tea

You'll find yourself on St Mary's Butts wedged between the older Reading buildings, pushing through the door to discover a proper coffee operation—the kind where the staff actually know their stuff and won't pretend a flat white and a cappuccino are somehow different. The setup is deliberately unfussy: minimal decor, high counter seating, and a visible espresso machine that gets a proper workout. What matters is what's in your cup: they rotate single-origins, pull shots with genuine care, and the milk steaming suggests someone's actually trained here rather than just hired.