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Lowdown Coffee – consistently excellent
Lowdown Coffee on George Street is regularly mentioned as one of Edinburgh's best specialty coffee places. The café first opened in 2016 and has built a reputation steadily since. It’s a prime example of...
Capital Coffee – Little Havana Coffee Store
A relative newcomer to the city’s coffee scene, Little Havana in Leith is an outstanding example of warm and engaging customer service - and excellent coffee.
This compact takeaway and coffee supplier near the...
Edinburgh’s espresso elite
So what are the very best coffee places in Edinburgh?
There has been a substantial increase in the amount of places to get coffee in the last 15 years or so. This has partly been...
Capital Coffee – The MF Coffee Project at Summerhall
Summerhall has, since 2011, established itself as one of Edinburgh's leading cultural venues. For its Director, Robert McDowell, Summerhall is a place where ‘Festival addicts’ can 'shoot up' all year round, culture coursing through...
Capital Coffee – Milk at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
The importance of the former railway paths to the residents of the city has been clearly illustrated in recent weeks. The response to the proposal to route a tramline along the 'Roseburn corridor' has...
Capital Coffee – The Coffee Cave
Of all the areas in Edinburgh, Fountainbridge is probably the one which has changed the most in recent years. Following the closure of the breweries, it has rapidly transformed into a residential area, packed...
Capital Coffee – Lessons from London
It is often said that Britain is far too London-centric. However, in terms of specialty coffee, there's little doubt that many areas of London offer something special.
Specialty coffee has grown massively in London...
Capital Coffee – Disposition Coffee waking up Roseburn
Roseburn has, in recent years, been the focus of some degree of public controversy. The City Centre West to East Link (CCWEL), a cycle lane into the city centre, has caused a degree of...
Capital Coffee – Mr Eion Trinity
Trinity has a reputation as one of Edinburgh's most desirable residential areas, with its semi-detached villas and quiet leafy streets.
The former railway paths that carve and criss-cross through it give it a ‘rus...
Capital Coffee – Union Brew Lab
Union Brew Lab on South College Street is a manifestation of the way that specialty coffee has spread into the mainstream.
While many specialty coffee places are small, Brew Lab is a 'high volume'...
Capital Coffee – Beatnik
Beatnik is the most interesting recent arrival on the Edinburgh specialty coffee scene. In November 2022 this slightly mysterious new venture opened on Brougham Street in Tollcross.
This was in the location where the...
Capital Coffee – Arrivals and Departures
The coffee scene in Edinburgh, as elsewhere, is constantly in flux.
New places are opening all the time, while others depart. In particular, we have seen Black Sheep Coffee spread its tentacles throughout the...
Capital Coffee – Little Fitzroy
Little Fitzroy in Easter Road is a top destination for coffee lovers in the city.
I'm often asked what I consider to be the best place for specialty coffee in Edinburgh. This includes those...
Capital Coffee – Two Children Coffee
Stockbridge is often criticised for having more cafés than it can bear.
Two Children Coffee's instant success seems to have debunked this view. Though some debate remains over which side of the Stockbridge /...
Capital Coffee – Throat Punch Coffee Company
As specialty coffee becomes more prevalent in the city, it's good to see greater diversity.
Throat Punch Coffee in Dalry definitely offers something different. Since July 2021, Throat Punch has been brewing ‘offensively strong’,...
Capital Coffee – Fortitude, Newington
Fortitude has been one of the leading lights of the speciality coffee scene in Edinburgh for almost a decade. Fortitude now has three cafés in Edinburgh.
Their original café in York Place, opened in 2014,...
Capital Coffee- Black Sheep Coffee
Black Sheep Coffee arrived in Edinburgh in 2021 and has already proved popular.
Its intention is to compete directly with the established coffee chains. One thing that puts off coffee lovers from going into...
Capital Coffee – Kilimanjaro
Kilimanjaro has been a popular coffee spot for about 18 years. Based in the Southside it is regularly teaming with students.
It's definitely one of Edinburgh's liveliest cafes, with seats at a premium. Kilimanjaro...
Capital Coffee – Format Coffee
Format, at 124 Buccleuch Street, has steadily built a reputation as a leading place for specialty coffee in the city.
In this busy studenty area, Format faces a lot of competition, especially from Cult Espresso...
Capital Coffee – Source Coffee
Offering authentic antipodean coffee know-how in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle, Source has rapidly established itself as one of Edinburgh’s leading specialty coffee destinations.
Owner and manager Andrew Cohen brings his experience of running...
Capital Coffee – Connoisseurs Coffee Club
Connoisseurs Coffee Club is one of a number of excellent specialty coffee places to have opened in Edinburgh in the last two years. It opened in March 2022 on Duke Street, near the foot...
Capital Coffee – Fauna Café
Fauna Coffee on Queensferry Street is an excellent new arrival on the scene.
They opened at the start of April 2022, just in time to take advantage of the loosening up of Covid restrictions...
Capital Coffee – Room and Rumours
An excellent recent addition to the Edinburgh speciality coffee scene is Room and Rumours on East Market Street.
It’s part of a new section of the city that is emerging as the nearby Caltongate...
Capital Coffee – Gaia Deli
A highly popular eatery for a number of years, Gaia Deli on Leith Walk is also the number one destination in the city for authentic Italian coffee.
In specialty coffee circles, Italian coffee is often...
Capital Coffee – Tanifiki, Portobello
Portobello, long an attractive location, is an increasingly fashionable spot with a lively cultural scene. Tanifiki, at the Figgate Burn end of the town, is a great new addition to the range of cafés...
Capital Coffee – great new cafés in south Edinburgh
The coffee scene in Edinburgh is a rapidly expanding and changing one. This is particularly true in the South of the city at present, where several excellent new places have popped up-or are about...
Capital Coffee – Santu Coffee Bar, Canongate.
For those in search of really good coffee, the Royal Mile has been something of a desert.
There are decent places in the vicinity, such as Milkman (two branches on Cockburn Street), Hideout (Upper Bow), The Edinburgh Larder...
Capital coffee – Brew’d Speciality Coffee Bar
Authentic antipodean coffee know-how in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle.
Opening a new coffee shop during a global pandemic is a sign of optimism.
Brew'd, located on Located in Spittal Street, is an excellent new...
Edinburgh Coffee scene – Argyle Place in Marchmont
Argyle Place’s long, sweeping bar immediately indicates that you are in a special venue.
The stylish interior maintains its links to the specialist coffee scene with its industrial vibe but with a very classy...
Coffee bean scene – Gordon Street Coffee
Gordon Street is a relatively recent arrival on Edinburgh’s coffee scene.
Their original branch in Glasgow’s Central Station was the first to roast beans on site in the city centre when it opened in...
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