Visiting London and Edinburgh

Indica

Hi everyone.

Io am visiting the UK in October, and wanted coffee related advice.

First, what are your very top 2 coffee roasters and cafés in London and Edinburgh? I’m asking for only two because won’t have much time, but plan to drop by on a couple of them.

Second, are there any other ‘coffee related experiences’ particularly worth doing in the UK? I mean for example visiting a company HQ (like Marzocco in Italy) or an experience centre (I believe Decent in Hong Kong), or checking out a coffee equipment retail store etc?

Thanks

InfamousTuba

Do you know where in london you will be? Also what are your coffee preferences as far as light, medium, dark roast and how much of the funky processing like anaerobic and carbonic maceration

scwheeler

Hey Indica,

In Edinburgh I’ve enjoyed the Milkman on Cockburn St. which is located in a rather nice Harry Potterish looking street.

In London I would suggest Prufrock (James Hoffman is a director) and Nostos in Westminster for a rather fun freeze distilled Flat White.

There are usually lots of great European beans in Prufrock along with Square Mile.

FadedFrontiers

I like artisan roast in Edinburgh and they have a few dotted around the city now

InfamousTuba

So a general list for Edinburgh would be:

Source coffee roasters

Lowdown

Beatnik

Ante

Milkman (Both locations)

Artisan Roast (Broughton Street and Bruntsfield especially)

Cairngorm Coffee

Cult Coffee Roasters

Fortitude Coffee