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Does Edinburgh have too many coffee shops?
Coffee drinking, as a mass participation activity, is relatively new in the UK. Costa may have started in 1971 but it was only after...
Apiary provided food for thought
Two hours up the A9 from Edinburgh and the need for a coffee and comfort break became apparent. We were heading towards Spean Bridge...
Capital Coffee – Cairngorm Coffee
Cairngorm in Melville Place is one of the most elegant places to drink specialty coffee in Edinburgh. Its location provides those sitting outside one...
Capital Coffee – Bastard Barista
A major theme of histories and sociological studies of Edinburgh have been the city’s hidden aspects.
These include the powerful institutions which quietly wield...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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....
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...
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,...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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,...
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