slow saturday mornings in headington have a particular quality, and il botanico on windmill road tends to fit them well. it's a bit removed from the city centre bustle, which is exactly the point. you're not stumbling in between tourist stops or sprinting for a train. people who make the trip out to ox3 tend to mean it, and the place has built the kind of loyal following that takes genuine consistency to earn. the coffee is taken seriously here, not as a performance but as the main thing on offer. if you're settling in for a long stretch with a laptop or just want a cortado before the weekend gets going, windmill road is a reasonable destination in its own right. that early cortado hits different when you're not fighting for a seat.
curated by gautam khorana, editor · updated
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newly on the oxford radar. il botanico is building social momentum at buzz 0/100.
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