
Guided tour · 1.5 hours
Edinburgh: Vintage Bus Tour with Afternoon Tea or Gin
Sip afternoon tea with a selection of snacks as you go around the Scottish capital on a vintage bus tour of Edinburgh. Indulge in optional gin cocktails while admiring...
Valvona and Crolla Caffe is a cafe in Canonmills Inverleith, Edinburgh.
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Guided tour · 1.5 hours
Sip afternoon tea with a selection of snacks as you go around the Scottish capital on a vintage bus tour of Edinburgh. Indulge in optional gin cocktails while admiring...

2h 30m
Join a Tea Blending & Tasting Workshop in Edinburgh. Learn about the history of tea, sample nine unique blends, and create your own custom blends to take home.

Guided tour · 3 hours
Explore Edinburgh’s Georgian 200 year-old New Town on a food walking tour. Enjoy a Scottish gin cocktail, smoked salmon canapes, port and chocolate, haggis, ice cream ...
Address: 19 Elm Row, Edinburgh EH7 4AA
Artisan Roast on Broughton Street in Edinburgh, opened 2007, the city's third-wave coffee pioneer roasting on-site in Glasgow and pouring filter and espresso.
DrinkFilter coffee
TipOpen from 08:00 weekends and busy by 10:00; the back room takes laptop users for longer sessions and stays open till 18:00.
Leith Walk Police Box on Pilrig Street in Edinburgh, opened 2016 inside a 1950s blue police box, a 3-square-metre coffee counter pouring filter and espresso.
DrinkFlat white
TipThere is no seating; coffee in hand on the Leith Walk central reservation. Cash only on most days.
Artisan Roast on Broughton Street in Edinburgh, opened 2007, the city's third-wave coffee pioneer roasting on-site in Glasgow and pouring filter and espresso.
DrinkFilter coffee
TipOpen from 08:00 weekends and busy by 10:00; the back room takes laptop users for longer sessions and stays open till 18:00.
Cafen on Dundas Street in Edinburgh New Town, a flagship speciality brew bar a few minutes walk from Waverley Station that rotates a short bean list.
DrinkRotating single-origin filter
TipOpen from 8am every day; the cushioned window seats fill first for morning filter pours, the rotating menu changes when a new lot lands from the roastery.
Brew Lab on South College Street in Edinburgh, opened 2012, a third-wave coffee bar pouring filter and espresso into a long basement room near the University.
DrinkV60 filter
TipTheir training arm runs Saturday public cuppings at 11:00; sign up online for a week or two ahead.
Machina's Marchmont cafe in Edinburgh's south side, a bright sit-in space pouring single-origin espresso and filter from their own roastery.
DrinkEspresso
TipMornings until 11:00 are quietest; rotating lunch pop-ups land midday.
Cairngorm Coffee on Melville Place in Edinburgh New Town, opened 2014, a basement third-wave coffee bar pouring rotating UK and European roasters.
DrinkFlat white
TipTheir Frederick Street branch is brighter and busier; the Melville Place original is the quiet workspace.