Dark candlelit interior of Cafe Edinburgh with walnut floors and leather banquettes

High Street, Edinburgh · Since 2014

A corner kept for the unhurried.Stay a while.The High Street will wait.

Three generations of roasting in small batches, poured by candlelight in a room of walnut, leather and brass.

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Our story

One copper kettle, a coal stove, and a room behind a tailor's shop.

In 2014 our family began roasting green beans in a cast-iron pan on the High Street. Travellers from Leith and lawyers from the Royal Mile found their way in, drawn by candlelight and the smell of it. A decade on, the kettle still rests on the bar — polished, retired, watching.

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From the counter

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  • Slow-Pour Yirgacheffe

    £4.60

    Four minutes, hand-poured. Bergamot, honeycomb, dried apricot.

  • The 2014 Flat White

    £3.80

    Our house blend, twice-weekly roast, poured over a short double.

  • Butter & Marmalade Toast

    £5.20

    Thick-cut sourdough, Seville marmalade, salted Ayrshire butter.

  • Cardamom Morning Bun

    £4.10

    Laminated overnight, baked at dawn, dusted in raw sugar.

Opening hours

Every day of the week

Monday08:00 – 20:00
Tuesday08:00 – 20:00
Wednesday08:00 – 20:00
Thursday08:00 – 20:00
Friday08:00 – 20:00
Saturday08:00 – 20:00
Sunday08:00 – 20:00

Elsewhere

Quiet company, online too.

Roast days, new arrivals from our seven farms, and the occasional photograph of the room at closing time.

"Coffee is a slow promise — we have never seen reason to break it."