Why it's on the list
- Roasts its own coffee in Edinburgh
- Runs as a specialty espresso bar with rotating single-origin offerings
- Independent local roaster with more than one Edinburgh site
Good to know
How they brew
The room
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- Broughton Street$$
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- espresso
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