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Cairngorm Coffee

The West End cafe of Cairngorm Coffee, an Edinburgh speciality roaster, on the corner of Melville Place, open from seven.

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Welcome

On a corner of Melville Place, just off Queensferry Street in the West End, Cairngorm Coffee has tables out on the pavement that fill the moment the sun comes out.

It is the city-centre home of one of Edinburgh's own speciality coffee roasters, a company that roasts at West Telferton, on the east side of the city, and buys its beans through direct relationships with the farmers who grow them.

Inside, the room is bright and simple: a white-tiled counter, an orange espresso machine, concrete pendant lights hanging over wooden tables and stools. The coffee changes with what has just been roasted, with filter and espresso, single origins and house roasts, and there are beans, brewing kit and subscriptions to take away.

The cafe opens early and stays open until seven in the evening, every day. There is a second cafe in Bruntsfield, and a third far to the north at Ralia, on the A9 by Newtonmore.

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Before you go

Open every day from seven, eight on Sundays, until seven in the evening.

Where
1 Melville Place, West End, Edinburgh.
Other cafes
Barclay Place in Bruntsfield, and Ralia on the A9 by Newtonmore.

Opening hours

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Monday
7am–7pm
Tuesday
7am–7pm
Wednesday
7am–7pm
Thursday
7am–7pm
Friday
7am–7pm
Saturday
7am–7pm
Sunday
8am–7pm

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Where it is

On a corner of Melville Place in the West End, off Queensferry Street.

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