The roasters writing the coffee scene in Edinburgh: who they are, where they source from and where to drink it.
The roasters writing the coffee scene in Edinburgh. who they are, where they source from, and where to drink the result.
Artisan Roast on Broughton Street in Edinburgh, founded 2007, the city's third-wave coffee pioneer with a Glasgow roastery and cafes in Bruntsfield.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia, Brazil, Kenya
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
TipWhole-bean retail is sold from the Broughton counter; the Glasgow roastery does Saturday public tours by booking.
Williams and Johnson Coffee Co roastery and cafe on Customs Wharf in Leith Edinburgh, founded in 2017 by two former Square Mile baristas, runs one.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Burundi
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Whole bean retail, Wholesale
TipSaturday morning roastery tours run by booking; the cafe sells single-origin whole-bean retail from the roastery rack.
Sam and Alice Young's Obadiah Coffee roastery in a railway arch at Abbeyhill in Edinburgh, founded 2017 a few minutes east of Waverley Station.
BeansRwanda, Colombia, Brazil, Ethiopia
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
TipCard-only at the arch counter; weekday opening 9am to 4pm, closed at the weekend. Subscriptions and wholesale ship UK-wide.
Brew Lab on South College Street in Edinburgh Old Town, founded 2012, a coffee bar and barista-training academy with Saturday cupping sessions and an open.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia, Kenya
BrewsEspresso, Filter, V60, Aeropress, Whole bean retail
TipSaturday public cuppings at 11:00; sign up online a week ahead. Their training academy runs barista courses through the year.
Machina's south-side roastery cafe on Marchmont Road, a bright sit-in space pouring their own single-origin espresso and filter, also a specialist retailer.
BeansEthiopia, Brazil, Honduras
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Whole bean retail, Equipment sales
TipThe retail equipment side runs through machina-coffee.com; the cafe is the public-facing tasting room.
Cairngorm Coffee Company on Melville Place in Edinburgh New Town, founded 2014, a basement coffee bar pouring rotating UK and European roasters daily.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia, Peru
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
TipWhole-bean retail is sold from the Melville Place basement counter; the Frederick Street branch runs more sandwiches.
Twelve Triangles bakery-cafe on Brunswick Street in Edinburgh, founded 2015, a third-wave coffee counter pouring filter and espresso from UK roasters.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia, Brazil
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
TipCoffee is rotating UK single-origins; the bakery counter is the volume play. Saturday queues from 09:30.
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