North Hertfordshire Museum

you're on brand street in hitchin, which is one of those old market town high streets that still has its rhythm intact. north hertfordshire museum sits at number 14, and the coffee shop inside has built the kind of quiet reputation that takes time and doesn't need announcing. regulars here clearly feel something worth coming back to, which in a town this size means something. specialty coffee in a heritage building isn't a contradiction, it turns out. if you're passing through hitchin on a weekday morning, this is where you want to land. the espresso here is the thing to order, and the people who know this place best seem to agree on that without making a fuss about it.