Caffeine Hunter
Artisan Roast's dark grey Broughton Street shopfront with a carved ARTISAN ROAST COFFEE ROASTERY sign and a bright orange double door at number 57, flanked by arched windows on a stone tenement

United Kingdom

Edinburgh

55.9533,-3.1883

Scotland's coffee scene traces back to one 2007 Broughton Street roastery, since spread across a compact grid of New Town and Old Town addresses within easy walking distance of each other.

Artisan Roast's dark grey Broughton Street shopfront with a carved ARTISAN ROAST COFFEE ROASTERY sign and a bright orange double door at number 57, flanked by arched windows on a stone tenement

Artisan Roast

Broughton · Edinburgh

classicBeans to go
Beatnik's red sign with its musical note mark mounted on the weathered stone facade above the entrance

Beatnik

Tollcross · Edinburgh

no wifiBeans to go
Bedrock's minimalist interior with light wood high tables and black metal stools against a white wall hung with a coffee flavor wheel and framed burlap coffee sacks

Bedrock Coffee

Old Town · Edinburgh

classicBeans to go
A sunlit corner inside Bono with a round white table, orange upholstered chairs, a small table lamp, and a red framed print on a pale wall

Bono

Newington · Edinburgh

sibling runsunlit corners
A top-down espresso in a white cup and saucer with a spoon resting on the rim, on a sunlit wooden deck

Cafēn

New Town · Edinburgh

third wave labBeans to go
The rounded stone corner frontage of Cairngorm Coffee on Melville Place, with CAIRNGORM COFFEE lettering above tall plant-filled windows and wooden bench seating on the pavement

Cairngorm Coffee

West End · Edinburgh

classicBeans to go
Carter Coffee's bright interior with wood tables, a dark counter holding a batch brewer, a potted plant, and tall windows looking out onto Bonnington's brick tenements

Carter Coffee

Bonnington · Edinburgh

new roasteryBeans to go
Cult Coffee Roasters' blue shopfront at number 104 with gold CULT COFFEE ROASTERS lettering, a hand drawn coffee plant decal on the window, and posted weekday and weekend hours

Cult Coffee Roasters

Newington · Edinburgh

Meadows localBeans to go
Fortitude Coffee's dark blue shopfront at number 64 with the white FORTITUDE sign above tall windows reflecting the stone tenements across the street

Fortitude Coffee

Stockbridge · Edinburgh

classicBeans to go
Lowdown's white marble counter with a chrome espresso machine, twin taps, and an oak shelf lined with cups and trailing greenery against a wood panelled wall

Lowdown Coffee

New Town · Edinburgh

basement minimalismBeans to go
Bright interior corner of Machina Coffee Marchmont with white tongue and groove panelling, ornate ceiling coving, wooden pendant lights, and a street facing window looking onto Marchmont Road tenements

Machina Coffee

Marchmont · Edinburgh

neighborhood roasteryBeans to go
Origin Coffee's black shopfront on South College Street with ORIGIN and SPECIALITY COFFEE ROASTERS signage above large windows showing warm pendant lighting and a retail shelf of coffee bags inside

Origin Coffee

Old Town · Edinburgh

Cornish importBeans to go
Tanifiki's counter with a black Dalla Corte espresso machine in front of exposed stone wall and red wooden shelving stocked with Rafiki branded coffee bags and plants

Tanifiki Coffee Bar

Portobello · Edinburgh

African specialtyBeans to go
A dark branded card reading THE COBBLED ROASTERY nestled among freshly roasted coffee beans spilling across a wooden counter

The Cobbled Roastery

New Town · Edinburgh

micro roasteryBeans to go
The Milkman's dark shopfront on Cockburn Street with THE MILKMAN lettering on the fascia below a carved sandstone bay window, next to the neighboring Tethera Greys sign

The Milkman

Old Town · Edinburgh

tiny window seatsBeans to go
Close-up of the black Probat roaster's nameplate with PROBAT embossed in the metal casing and polished chrome fittings catching the light

Williams and Johnson

Leith · Edinburgh

roastery courtyardBeans to go
Suggest a shopKnow a shop we're missing, or want to add your own coffee shop?Tell us and we'll take a look.