7ZZ is a small coffee shop on Oldham Road in Ancoats, built around takeaway drinks and a pastry to carry with you. Its blue frontage and round sign, with a sleeping bear tucked into a coffee cup, mark out the compact shop. Inside, a wooden service counter keeps the focus on the drinks and bakes.
7ZZ describes its coffee as rated 84 out of 100 on the Specialty Coffee Association scale. Espresso forms the centre of the coffee selection, with Americanos, flat whites, lattes and cappuccinos alongside mocha and chocolate. Several drinks come hot or iced, including the flat white. Oat, soya and almond milk are available, as is decaf, while vanilla, caramel and hazelnut syrups offer another way to adjust an order. Cold foam is another optional addition.
The separate matcha and ube selections give plenty of scope for a colourful iced drink. Its ceremonial grade matcha from Japan comes hot or iced, with strawberry and coconut cloud versions among the iced choices. The ube range includes a latte, an iced coconut ube cloud and an iced vanilla ube matcha. English breakfast tea and chai latte offer two further choices.
The pastries come from Sticky Fingers Bakery in Stockport, with a selection baked fresh each day. Choose a croissant or pain au chocolat, or something sweeter in the shape of custard brioche or a cinnamon roll. Smaller snacks from Purpose Food include a probiotic caramel ball and a lemon collagen beauty ball.
Address: 116 Oldham Road, Ancoats, Manchester M4 6AG
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