The Coffee Box

cold brew is a solid starting point here, though the menu at the coffee box tends to reward the kind of person who actually reads it rather than defaulting to habit. this is temple street, redcliffe, a part of bristol that sits between the old docks and the city centre, and the shop fits that in-between quality: unhurried, unpretentious, serious about what it's doing without being loud about it. regulars here are genuinely loyal, not in a vague word-of-mouth way but in the return-visit, bring-a-friend way that only happens when a place holds up over time. if you're coming from the waterfront or cutting through from temple meads, it's worth stopping rather than walking past. the afternoon lull, a flat white, temple street quiet outside.