Friday, April 30, 2010

Slaughterhouse Coffee


Marine Terrace Nth
Next to Cromarty Ferry Slip Way
V11 8XZ, Cromarty
»Map«
Open every day
Espresso, pour over
Coffee: Vandyke Bros Coffee in addition to Darkwoods Coffee
Also: Cake, breads
Coolness: Beautiful persuasion across the Cromarty Firth

Slaughterhouse Coffee is on the tippy tip of Cromarty, a affair of metres from where the Cromarty-Nigg ferry chuffs backwards in addition to forwards from June to September. It's fifty-fifty closer to the Cromarty Firth waterline than the Cromarty Lighthouse, then you're guaranteed a pretty amazing persuasion of waterborne creatures, birds in addition to boats spell you lot gulp your coffee.

We're slap-up to larn here, exactly haven't made it yet. That said it's definitely 1 for java lovers to set on their listing if you're inwards the Black Isle expanse (where you'll every bit good break it's non an island or black. Instead it's real much a fully attached generally dark-green province majority jutting out North of Inverness).

Owner Tony Vandyke originally hails from Commonwealth of Australia in addition to stocks his ain roasted Vandykes Bros java - every bit good every bit West Yorkshire Pennine-based guests Darkwoods Coffee. You tin strength out every bit good purchase retail bags for abode brewing.

The java store itself looks similar a modernised version of the wee wooden shed that originally graced this beautiful spot, exactly it at 1 time has all the latest brute comforts every bit good every bit enough of outdoor seating - made from packing crates (with cushions) in addition to large wooden cable reels for tables - then you lot tin strength out sentinel the globe become by.

The map coordinates aren't quite right on Google maps, exactly you lot can't immature adult woman Slaughterhouse Coffee if you lot proceed going along Marine Terrace to the real end.

(Photos from Vandyke Bros instagram in addition to Google maps)

More: instagram.com/vandykebros/


Google maps nonetheless showed the master copy shed on this site
in addition to this modern java store fits the same footprint
every bit the master copy shed, which is real cool
- every bit good dearest the street light!

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Roundsquare Java House

132 Morningside Rd
EH10 4AH 
»Map«
Open every day
Espresso, filter
Coffee: Roundsquare
Also: Beans, cakes, sandwiches 
Coolness: Super slick java gear abounds

Roundsquare Coffee House (4♥), conduct maintain gear upwards their java store inwards busy Morningside Road close the locally famous Dominion Cinema. Their roastery is inwards Ayr - on Scotland's West coast - although owners conduct maintain plans to roast from Edinburgh inwards the close future.

At their java store yous tin plough over the axe await to hold out served their menage blend (Brazil-El Salvador) for espresso-based drinks equally good equally seasonal unmarried estate beans for pour-over. They're using v60 for their filter java which they charge upwards with the correct dose of Blue Planet java together with common it nether 1 of their 2 Marco unmarried serve precision brewers which installed inwards their serving bench. The precision brewer manages temperature, brewing fourth dimension together with H2O mass to deliver an accurate brew, spell the barista juggles other orders.

These folks are pretty comprehensively involved inwards the java business. They render San Remo espresso machines together with Mahlkonig grinders to shops together with hotels across Scotland, roast together with render their beans to other java shops together with volition before long hold out hosting Speciality Coffee Association of Europe preparation from this java shop. The halt of the store is gear upwards with 2 espresso machines for this purpose, amongst other related java brewing equipment make for eager baristas to smoothen their skills.

The decor is slick simply warm. The dorsum wall is covered with matt dark tiles, which contrast smartly with the chrome java gear together with the other white walls. And the smooth wooden benches, tables together with stools are welcoming without crowding the space.

Food on offering includes made focaccia together with sourdough toasted sandwiches together with cakes & brownies from local artisans atomic publish 79 Gourmand together with Grace together with Co. Tea drinkers tin plough over the axe conduct from a broad attain of Jenier Teas together with yous can, equally you'd expect, purchase bags of Roundsquare beans to accept home.

All inwards all a friendly together with welcome add-on to the local java scene together with nosotros tin plough over the axe await to come across things evolve from here!

More: facebook.com/RoundsquareRoastery

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Hideout Cafe

xl Queen Charlotte St
EH6 6AX
»Map«
Open every day
Espresso
Coffee: Clifton Coffee
Dog-friendly
Also: Meals, cakes
Free wifi
Coolness: Two walls of lovely arched windows allow inwards loads of light

The Hideout Cafe (3♥) feels overnice every bit presently every bit yous walk in. The staff are real friendly as well as the locals are clearly real fond of their cafe.

They create a overnice java using Bristol’s Clifton Coffee - perhaps the solely Edinburgh store regularly using the highly regarded Clifton.

On the corner amongst Constitution Street, both outside walls are made upward of fragile arched windows that run almost flooring to ceiling. The furnishing is warm as well as uncomplicated using bentwood chairs as well as circular wooden tables.

There's enough of pick on the bill of fare for breakfast as well as tiffin including pastries, porridge, bacon & eggs, soup, panini, wraps as well as sandwiches. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 selection of cakes is ever available as well as they offering kid-friendly sizes on items including soup, scrambled eggs as well as a babyccino or hot chocolate, both amongst marshmallows.

More: thehideoutcafe.co.uk

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Bean To Door - Java Subscription Service

Bean to Door is a novel Edinburgh-based java subscription service designed for java lovers who are relatively novel to specialty java and/or those who prefer a fairly traditional flavour profile.

There's been a lot of media coverage lately nigh java drinking inward the UK. On a positive note, the publicity nigh the environmental disaster of non-recyclable cups as well as pods volition hopefully travail sustainable change.

On the negative side, much of the hype has been nigh one-time styles vs new, big chains vs independents, reaching saturation of java shops generally, as well as quite a flake of complaining nigh hipsters as well as "why nosotros can't simply larn a plainly loving cup of java anymore".

There's as well as then much sectionalisation inward the footing nigh as well as then many things: 'us as well as them' all the fourth dimension (and lots of it nigh to a greater extent than of import issues sniping nigh java trends).

Wouldn't it hold upwards improve if nosotros all simply enjoyed the fact that nosotros percentage an enjoyment of coffee? Instead of solid on how some people similar a fruity, natural, Ethiopian pourovers spell others aspect forwards to their un-named Americano with hot milk to wake them upwards inward the morning, wouldn't nosotros hold upwards improve off talking nigh whether the java farmers are paid fairly for their work, or how those farmers are sustaining their families as well as environment?

Let's focus on what's most of import as well as on the joy java brings us all!

Cat O'Shea - Coffee Roaster,
Q Grader as well as
Head of Coffee at Beantodoor
On that authorities annotation as well as getting dorsum to Bean to Door, I caught upwards with Cat O'Shea to larn the run down.

I'm ever interested inward sharing Scottish java developments, but hearing Cat was involved piqued my interest.  Prior to moving to Bristol to run with Clifton Coffee, Cat roasted for Edinburgh's Artisan Roast. She's a Certified Q Grader, has rated highly equally a rival inward both roasting as well as barista championships over recent years equally good equally coaching as well as judging. Needless to say, Cat's a bobby dazzler when it comes to specialty coffee.

Cat is currently applying her considerable skills as well as noesis to setting upwards the java side of Bean to Door - targeting java lovers who are relatively novel to specialty coffee.

They've done a lot of marketplace position question as well as know there's a huge number of people who dearest coffee, appreciate flavour but desire familiarity as well as affordable prices. Bean to Door are starting at £3.95 for 250g of their House Blend as well as aiming to lure supermarket java buyers toward tastier, fresher options.

Cat's sourced the beans, worked with a roaster inward Edinburgh to hone the roasting profiles as well as written an Intro to java booklet to assist java lovers perfect their solid brew. They come upwards inward letterbox-friendly packaging, a selection of whole edible bean or pre-ground, lead tasting notes, as well as the Intro to java arrives gratuitous with everyone's starting fourth dimension order.

Cat's using modest UK-based trusted light-green java importers who lead long term relationships with the farms they represent. In time, Bean to Door desire to run straight with their cardinal farmers, putting inward house projects that give dorsum as well as back upwards those communities.


While the arrive at volition rotate seasonally, Bean to Door is kicking off with 6 coffees as well as the options to select whole edible bean or ground, suitable for aeropress, cafetiere, drip, espresso or stovetop. In melody with a mainstream java loving audience, they've got some darker roasts equally good equally medium as well as lite roasts inward the range:
  • House blend - Brazil, Republic of Guatemala as well as Republic of Honduras - Medium/Dark
  • Guatemala - Dark
  • Honduras - Medium
  • Brazil - Medium
  • Ethiopia - Light
  • Decaf - Medium/Dark Swiss Water Process
I've been on a flake of a journeying of uncovering hither - as well as Cat has been a helpful teacher!

In the footing of roasting coffee, labelling something 'dark', 'medium' or 'light' is also vague. Roasters use, alongside other things, the Agtron Scale to score the colour of beans. H5N1 lite roast that some of us may savor from high-end specialty roasters may score inward the high 80s, whereas supermarket as well as chain store coffees are closer to 35 (darkly roasted indeed!). (Check out this graphic as well as you'll larn the idea)

Bean to Door are creating their 'medium' roast at nigh seventy as well as their Decaf is roughly 55 on this scale - which balances familiar favours with discernible depth as well as complexity (and is a darn sight tastier than the java that chain java shops serve).

Overall, Bean to Door is looking to brand practiced quality, fresh java to a greater extent than accessible to the bulk of United Kingdom of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland of Britain as well as Northern Republic of Ireland java drinkers inward a sustainable as well as supportive way. Can't fence with that!

Right similar a shot they're running a 50% discount off your starting fourth dimension gild - purpose the code INSTA50 as well as their website is >> here <<

You tin also await their offering to larn to a greater extent than sophisticated equally add together to their arrive at as well as choices of subscriptions.

Turadh

291 Byres Rd
G12 8TL
»Map«
Open every day
Espresso, Chemex, Aeropress, V60, mutual depression temperature brew
Coffee: Guests
Also: Meals, beans, cakes
Coolness: Choices of brew method together with to a greater extent than or less of Scotland's finest specialty coffees

Turadh (4♥) - pronounced 'to-rigg' - is located inwards Glasgow's busy West End together with showcases Scottish make across their menu, including their large focus on specialty coffee.

Owner LeeAnne Robson, previously General Manager at Avenue Coffee, opened Turadh inwards piece of cake 2017 together with they're serving upward to a greater extent than or less dandy coffee.

Turadh volition characteristic solely Scottish roasters, changing the coffees seasonally together with roasters regularly. Coffee lovers tin await a card of 3 dissimilar filter coffees together with tin conduct from Chemex, Aeropress or V60 brew methods. There'll every bit good live on an additional espresso guest, plus mutual depression temperature brew. When nosotros visited, Turadh featured coffees from Steampunk (North Berwick), Machina (Edinburgh) together with Thomson's (Glasgow). And you lot tin purchase retail bags of whatever of these beauties to accept home.

The nutrient card - using Scottish make - is big! Breakfast takes many shapes from granola together with porridge to a amount Scottish or variants amongst salmon, avocado together with more. Lunch includes soups, salads, stovies together with sandwiches together with at that spot are enough of cakes, smoothies together with other treats.

Vegans together with vegetarians volition notice happiness, amongst almond together with soy milks every bit good every bit nutrient choices, every bit volition those who instruct gluten free. Turmeric, matcha together with chai lattes are every bit good available, should they accept your fancy.

There's enough of seating on Earth score every bit good every bit inwards an upstairs mezzanine area. The uncomplicated dark together with white decor is smart together with the service friendly together with attentive.

Showcasing a hit of Scotland's best roasters at the same fourth dimension is a great persuasion together with and then expertly making them across multiple brew methods clinches it. Turadh agency "the intermission inwards the clouds betwixt showers" inwards Gaelic together with this java store is sure enough a ray of java sunshine!

More: Facebook Turadh

Monday, April 26, 2010

Bearded Baker

46 Rodney St
EH7 4DX
»Map«
Open every day
Espresso
Coffee: Williams & Johnson
Also: Meals, beans, local nutrient products
Dog-friendly
Coolness: The hint is inward the championship - bagel & doughnut happyland

The Bearded Baker (3♥) is a pocket-sized as well as fashionable bakery java store on the North side of Edinburgh - heading toward Cannon Mills as well as Inverleith.

To complement their locally famous bakery items, owners Rowan as well as Julia accept chosen Edinburgh java roaster Williams & Johnson. You tin strength out hold off their juicy, high height java profile, changing regularly every bit they origin coffees from simply about the world.

The store is light-filled as well as elegantly styled inward a agency that feels effortless, but is genuinely difficult to achieve, making the virtually of their pocket-sized space. You tin strength out sit down downward to a twain of low-cal wooden tables with wooden chairs as well as stools - or the high bench across the forepart window facing the street.

Alongside practiced coffee, bagels (boiled as well as thence baked) as well as filled doughnuts are their principal gig. Rowan as well as his crew oft bake batches multiple times a twenty-four hours to satisfy hungry customers, thence you lot tin strength out hold upward certain they're super fresh. 

Being a bakery, you lot tin strength out charge upward your shopping bags or sit down inward as well as bask your bagels with avocado, bacon or smoked salmon. They also make a neat sour dough breadstuff as well as offering gluten-free alternatives. Big fluffy doughnuts are filled with a jam as well as cream choice on whatsoever given twenty-four hours - changing flavours to function out along things both interesting as well as mouthwatering.

The card also includes a regularly changing vegan as well as gluten gratis soup, salad as well as cake every day, with a attain of other cakes for the diary as well as wheat oriented.

The Bearded Baker is a pedigreed supplier of bagels as well as doughnuts to some of our other favourite Edinburgh high character java shops including Filament, Fortitude, Williams & Johnson at Custom Lane as well as Lowdown amid many others. 

At their store they also purpose as well as sell the make of other local, independent artisans such every bit Dollop & Scoff (jams & chutneys), Blondilox (porridge blend bags), Pekoe Tea, Coco hot chocolates as well as Harry's treats (dog treats).

They're opened upward 7 days - mostly early on until 5pm on calendar week days as well as 9am-4pm on weekends. Definitely 1 to seat on your regular catch list.



Sunday, April 25, 2010

Cafe Wynd

10 Cross Wynd
Dunfermline
KY12 7AP
Map«
Mon-Sat
Espresso
Coffee: Unorthodox Roasters
Also: Meals, cakes
Coolness: Dunfermline's offset specialty java (we think) - hurrah!

Cafe Wynd, but off the High Street inwards Dunfermline, is offering  specialty java from Kinross-based Unorthodox Roasters.Their identify roast is the Wee Stoater - a naturally processed Brazilian.

Food is too big focus. Wholesome, various together with prepared on site, the carte du jour includes cake galore every bit good every bit pastries (savoury together with sweet), brisket burgers, salads such every bit bulgar wheat alongside shredded carrot together with cucumber inwards a ginger soy alongside poached chicken together with pearl barley alongside roast carrot together with rocket pesto, blood-red cabbage coleslaw together with courgette, lamb shawarma alongside homemade flatbread together with the listing goes on.

We'll render to a greater extent than information when we've had a hazard to properly sample the menu, but wanted to popular Cafe Wynd on our spider web log together with app to assistance specialty java lovers inwards the Dunfermline expanse uncovering java happiness!

More: instagram.com/cafewynd/

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Noir

four Palmerston Pl
EH12 5AA
»Map«
Open every day
Espresso
Coffee: Horsham Coffee & many guests
Also: Cake, pastries, soup, sandwiches
Coolness: Revolving unmarried origins inward an elegantly modernised Georgian space

Noir (4♥) provides high quality, unmarried rootage java inward Edinburgh's West End, a duad of blocks past times Shandwick Place every bit y'all caput out of the city.

You tin pick out from regularly changing unmarried rootage invitee beans - amongst attributes happily explained past times the barista - in addition to their identify bean, which is the distinguished West Sussex-based Horsham Coffee.

The possessor is looking to teach the remainder correct betwixt offering java that's truly dissimilar in addition to pushes the boundaries a bit, piece also providing to a greater extent than or less familiar favourites for customers. As you'd await amongst this vision, non alone are the beans transcend notch, in addition to hence besides is the technical capability of the baristas making your coffee.

Given it's fantastic Georgian outside in addition to inviting chunky rock step in addition to balustrade, it seems appropriate to elevate that Edinburgh has a habit of changing the holler of the same street multiple times inward quick succession (which is real confusing for visitors). So according to the street sign on the front end of the edifice it's simultaneously on Coates Place in addition to Atholl Place. Palmerston Place runs downward the other flank of the store toward the towering St Mary's.

The focus on lineament also resonates through the food, amongst soups from Souped Up, sandwich-panini type delights in addition to delux charcuterie platters. H5N1 broad arrive at of pastries in addition to cakes are also available, of course.

The decor is elegant, amongst plenty austerity non to detract from the grandness of the Georgian high ceilings, ornament in addition to massive windows. The dark in addition to white flooring tiles in addition to quasi Japanese nighttime forest framing the servery expanse add together to the wow-factor (while tying inward amongst the store name) inward this large infinite that provides a adept issue of comfortably-spaced tables in addition to chairs.

More: facebook.com/Noir-Coffee


Friday, April 23, 2010

The Java Apothecary

Udny Post Office
Udny, Ellon
AB41 7PQ
»Map«
Open every day
Espresso, cafetiere, aeropress, chemex, v60
Coffee: Artisan Roast
Also: Meals, beans, mail, machine tax, unusual currency
Coolness: Sort out your postage stamp piece you lot relish a pour-over

The Coffee Apothecary (5♥) is a stone-fronted cafe simply exterior Pitmedden, almost one-half an hour's drive, North of Aberdeen.

Well-made specialty java is nonetheless rare inwards this component of the world, therefore The Coffee Apothecary is a really welcome sight for local together with visiting java lovers. Owners Ali together with Jonny are performing cipher less than a community service inwards that regard! And are every bit good really friendly to boot.

Not stopping at espresso, it's every bit good cracking to come across 'slow brew' cafetiere together with filter methods on the menu, using a attain of Scottish roaster Artisan Roast's beans.

On the nutrient front end you lot tin relish breakfast together with luncheon - together with morning time together with afternoon teas of course. Breakfasts include granola, pancakes, breakfast rolls together with large breakfasts. For luncheon you'll select from soups, chilli, salad together with wraps amid others. And together with therefore you'll need unopen to cake, therefore there's a skillful selection available.

The cafe is large together with thoughtfully decorated alongside an emphasis on reusing all sorts of materials creatively. There are enough of recycled, timber tables together with chairs within every bit good every bit an outdoor seating expanse (which is cracking for cyclists to kicking the bucket on an oculus on their bikes).

They're every bit good an operational post purpose adding to both the quirkiness together with usefulness. You tin larn your postal service or route taxation sorted out piece you're there.

Ali together with Jonny bring transformed this post purpose into a stylish, classy together with warm java store that's a existent joy to visit.

More: facebook.com/thecoffeeapothecary

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Williams & Johnson At Custom Lane

67 Commercial St
EH6 6LX 
»Map«
Open Tues-Sun
Espresso, filter
Coffee: Williams & Johnson
Also: Beans, cakes, sandwiches 
Coolness: Historic Leith meets relaxed & friendly java cool

Williams & Johnson @ Custom Lane (5♥), are Leith roasters Zack as well as Todd who convey gear upward their cafe inwards the reason flooring of the budding creative infinite Custom Lane.

They're rattling item nearly the beans they source, roasting as well as tasting umpteen samples earlier choosing the latest inwards a string of juicy unmarried rootage coffees to don their brand.

You're inwards for a existent process here. You'll larn super tasty java - espresso-based or pour over - that's jam-packed amongst vivid flavours but also rounded out amongst complexity as well as depth that leaves y'all wanting approximately other loving cup (and non feeling similar you've only had a drinking glass of cranberry juice).

Williams & Johnson are constantly on the await out for novel beans as well as flavours as well as alter their offering regularly. And when high lineament roasters construct your coffee, you're getting it how it was intended to taste. (You tin ever enquire heaps of java questions likewise - that makes roasters happy!). Chocolate lovers volition also desire to endeavour Edinburgh's Chocolate Tree hot chocolate - seriously special.

The cafe is inwards the big as well as imposing Customs House grey rock edifice that faces Commercial Street as well as where the Water of Leith starts to opened upward up at The Shore. Entrance is easiest from Customs Wharf via a big arched doorway on to an interior courtyard. The cafe is on the correct side on the reason floor.

Customs Lane is a creative hub for artisans, artists as well as designers who construct perfect flatmates for our committed as well as creative java rosters. On Saturdays the Leith markets also gear upward adjacent door, adding to the ambience.

The infinite is light, vivid as well as minimalist amongst long, blonde wooden communal tables as well as chairs.

Bearded Baker bagels as well as Manor House sandwiches volition also piece of job out on y'all going betwixt coffees.

More: facebook.com/williamsandjohnsoncoffee/

The Wildcat

21 High St
Fort William
PH33 6DH
»Map«
Open every day
Espresso, V60, Aeropress
Coffee: Dear Green together with guests
Also: Meals, cakes
Coolness: Best specialty java inwards the share addition an animal-friendly menu

The Wildcat brings specialty java to Fort William's high street - together with is a rare process inwards the area, non only for their coffee!

Coffee lovers tin aspect Glasgow's Dear Green equally Wildcat's regular offering, supplemented past times unmarried beginning guests, across espresso, V60 together with Aeropress. So far North Berwick's Steampunk together with Bristol's Clifton roasters pick out featured. The owners haven't stinted on their equipment, together with are putting their La Marzocco Strada espresso auto together with Mythos One together with Mahlkonig grinders to much appreciated use.

And field specialty java is absolutely forepart together with centre at The Wildcat, they too offering specialty tea from Pekoe, a arrive at of tasty mutual coldness drinks, turmeric lattes together with pick out a actually big focus on healthy, wholesome, creative nutrient that's ethical together with animal-free.

Meals, cakes together with breads are made on premises or operate local community suppliers. To laissez passer on y'all a feel of the quality, options include Moroccan chickpea together with kale soup, seitan stuffing sandwiches, Pad Thai, homemade beans n vegan cheese toasties together with pulled jackfruit burgers. Vegan cakes include chocolate brownies, walnut cake together with lemon cake amid others.

Locals together with visitors are loving The Wildcat!

(We haven't rated this 1 all the same but sure enough desire encourage visitors together with locals to become far at that spot together with potable upwards to a greater extent than or less of the region's best specialty coffee!)

More: facebook.com/TheWildcatFortWilliam

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Thomson's Java Roasters - The Arches

Argyle Street Arches
253 Argyle St
Glasgow G2 8DL
»Map«
Open every day
Espresso, batch brew, nitro
Coffee: Thomson's
Also: Meals, cakes, alcohol
Coolness: Roastery, café, bakery too preparation centre - inwards a slap-up historic setting

Thomson's Coffee Roasters is proud of its heritage. So much so, that 'Est 1841' is business office of their logo too their history even too thus plays out inwards their 'legacy' java roasts, amongst their to a greater extent than modern range.

Critical to Thomson's survival for nearly 180 years is their focus on their customers too their willingness too capability to alter every bit their customers' tastes too desires change. That's wholesale customers to whom they provide large quantities of beans, too retail customers of all sorts who wishing java for home, from eighteen to 80+ years old.

Installing themselves inwards a major agency inside the redeveloping Argyle Street Arches (5♥) is some other deed past times Thomson's to non but remain with modern java drinkers' needs too wants, but to provide to a greater extent than than virtually realise they wishing yet.

It's a roastery, cafe that seats but about threescore people, stone-baked pizzeria too preparation centre for wholesale too consumer java lovers, too all laid inside ane of the Argyle Street Arches correct past times Glasgow Central Station. An arch that is cavernous, beautiful, evocative of Glasgow's industrial leadership, fashionable too welcoming.

Further proof of intentionally balancing heritage, community too innovation, The Arches likewise hosts Platform - a weekly street nutrient marketplace opened upward on Fridays, Saturdays too Sundays. H5N1 broad make of independent vendors gear upward each weekend too sell tasty portions, from Japanese octopus to vegan sausages, to shrimp burgers too creme brulee - amongst arts and crafts beers too other drinks.

H5N1 few things assistance us similar Thomson's approach to coffee.

One is that they honey dogs, which may endure irrelevant to some readers, but the other is their inclusive approach. Having chatted with Managing Director Russell Jenkins at terminal year's Edinburgh Coffee Festival, I similar that they buy the farm on to flame-roast darker coffees for some of their established customers because those customers are valued.While Thomson's is likewise experimenting with newer coffees (their 'lab') too providing unmarried beginning coffees with lighter roasting styles, replacing the open fire thrower with a Loring Smart Roaster for their 'new standard' range, designed for specialty java palettes.

Roasters who were established inwards the 1800s aspect upward a chip of an identity challenge if they attempt to reinvent themselves for today's specialty java lovers. Thomson's is doing a grand project of it.

More: facebook.com/pg/thomsonscoffee/

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Short Long Black

501 Victoria Rd
Glasgow
G42 8RL
»Map«
Open every twenty-four hours except Wednesday
Espresso, cold, iced, filter
Coffee: Thomson's
Also: Meals, cakes
Dog-friendly
Coolness: Creative nutrient on lovely locally made dinnerware


Short Long Black (4♥) is located South of Glasgow's metropolis centre - virtually Queen's Park.

They're working alongside local Glasgow roaster Thomson's as well as making about tasty, seasonally changing espresso-based as well as filter coffees.

The carte is every bit adept - including creative brunches as well as waffle creations. The carte changes oft as well as is flexed to your likes, from meat lovers through to vegan.

This is a thoughtfully designed as well as inviting space. We dear the teal, ochre as well as navy coloring scheme, softened past times the lite timber furnishings as well as pergola mode ceiling, consummate alongside hanging pot plants.

They as good role local ceramicist Claire Henry's hand-thrown dinnerware, cups as well as jugs, which is super fashionable as well as super lovely, alongside about items available for buy inward store.

More: Instagram



Monday, April 19, 2010

Glen Lyon Java Roasters

Unit 1
Aberfeldy Business Park
PH15 2AQ
»Map«
Mon-Thurs
Roaster
Tours available
Coolness: Highland roasted coffee, sourced ethically

Glen Lyon welcome visitors to their roastery inward Aberfeldy - offering a brief tour whatever fourth dimension from 10am to 4pm, from Mon to Thursday.

Check their website too sign upward to their newsletter for details of talks, their monthly cupping lodge too courses at the roastery. Larger groups and/or longer tours are past times appointment only.

Glen Lyon laid upward inward 2011 too roast on a Probat inward Aberfeldy, Perthshire. They run amongst farmers too co-ops unopen to the world, sourcing beans that are typically shade grown at betwixt 1400-2000m higher upward ocean level. Glen Lyon's make changes seasonally too a give away of their coffees are too organically certified.

Social too environmental sustainability are meat to their agency of working too they locomote to beginning equally much equally possible to laid upward long lasting relationships amongst their producers (you tin follow this on their social media channels).

As good equally recycling, Glen Lyon donate java chaff (a by-product of roasting) to chicken farms too post whatever long dated java to Fair Share Charity, for distribution to homeless centres across Scotland.

More: glenlyoncoffee.co.uk/

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Gather Kitchen & Deli


49 High St
Carnoustie
DD7 6AD
»Map«
Open every day
Espresso
Coffee: Sacred Grounds
Also: Meals, groceries, alcohol, deli
Dog-friendly
Coolness: Creative in addition to potent on local produce 


Gather Kitchen & Deli offers tasty whole food, java in addition to deli goods - including a substantial alternative of Scottish gins - besides equally veggies in addition to other supplies.

Expect a creative menu, well-prepared coffee, a arrive at of groceries from local producers.

Coffee is provided past times Arbroath-based roasters Sacred Grounds, in addition to cafe owner Bethany Bowles is good on her agency amongst the Tayside Women Ahead, Young Business Woman of the Year Award 2017 nether her belt already - bravo!

We charge per unit of measurement Sacred Grounds in addition to their seasonally roasted, vivid in addition to tasty coffees highly. You tin abide by out to a greater extent than well-nigh their ethos from co-owner Kathryn Baker here equally business office of my women inwards java series. Retail bags are available at Gather for your dwelling brewing needs.

Gather is definitely worth putting on your view listing when you're inwards the area.

More: facebook.com/gathercarnoustie/



Saturday, April 17, 2010

No.33 Cafe

33 Deanhaugh St
EH4 1LR
»Map«
Open every day
Espresso
Coffee: Williams & Johnson
Also: Meals, cakes
Coolness: Exposed brick décor meets Portuguese tarts

No.33 Cafe (4♥) is inward the ticker of bustling Stockbridge too offers good made Williams & Johnson espresso-based coffee.

Friendly staff welcome you lot into a long too narrow infinite alongside a nutrient counter on the left too seating on the right. Timber too low-cal steel tables too chairs are arranged along the correct wall alongside higher stools sitting upwards to a bench facing out the front end window. H5N1 smashing location for people-watching.

The card includes continental breakfast options (bagels, croissants too porridge), hot wraps, toasties, baguettes too panini alongside fresh selections from falafel & hummus to prosciutto & mozzarella to goats cheese & aubergine.

No.33 makes a prissy loving cup of java using Leith-based Williams & Johnson beans. The baristi deliver skilful milk texture too temperature, served alongside a smile.


Spider On A Bicycle


Station Square
Aboyne
Aberdeenshire
AB34 5HX
»Map«
Open every hateful solar daytime except Monday
Espresso
Coffee: Papercup
Also: Meals, cakes, alcohol
Coolness: Stately interior, out of the mutual frigidness amongst tasty coffee, or sit down exterior on sunny days

Spider on a wheel was recommended yesteryear 1 of our java lovers, too is high on our listing for a view soon.

They've non stinted on the gear - amongst their La Marzocco pride of identify - too usage Glasgow-based Papercup Coffee which nosotros charge per unit of measurement highly.

The store is on Station Square inwards a rock edifice that was 1 time purpose of the railway too has an airy, elegant experience amongst the curved ceiling too windows, enhanced yesteryear a cheery, classy colouring scheme. The decor of recycled timbers too eclectic home-away-from-home furnishings adds to the relaxed ambience.

The wholesome nutrient is by too large made on site using ingredients sourced every bit locally every bit possible. You'll relish a varying bill of fare of creative cakes, salads, soups, mezze means platters, brunches, toasties too more. Vegetarians also every bit meat eaters volition uncovering joy here!

Dogs are welcome. This is definitely a java highlight inwards the region!

(Photos from Spider on a bicycle's instagram stream)

More: facebook.com/pg/spideronabicycle/




Friday, April 16, 2010

Space Speciality Java House


540 Dumbarton Rd
Glasgow
G11 6SW
»Map«
Open every twenty-four hours except Monday
Espresso, cold, iced, v60, Aeropress
Coffee: Union as well as guests
Also: Cakes
Dog-friendly
Coolness: The custom pigment labor on the espresso car is the biz 


Space Speciality Coffee House (4♥) sports a coral pinkish Lamarzocco as well as is inwards Patrick, northward due west of Glasgow’s metropolis centre.

They’re using Union coffee, including their mutual frigidity brew co-produced amongst Edinburgh’s Brew Lab. You tin move likewise swallow cake or gild a Chinese Tea ceremony.

The vibe is friendly amongst a big window at the forepart amongst bench seating. And behind the servery expanse there’s a alternative of tables as well as chairs.

We similar the quirky, optimistic colouring scheme.

More: Space Speciality Coffee House Facebook