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The Coffee Apothecary Ellon

The Ellon café of a speciality coffee roaster from Udny, on the Square, pouring its own house-roasted coffee with seasonal food and home baking.

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On the Square in Ellon, the Coffee Apothecary is the town café of a speciality coffee roaster that began in the village of Udny in 2014.

The room is simple and warm, with a long timber counter under pendant lamps, and behind it a barista who will happily talk coffee all day.

The beans are speciality grade, and the team roasts them in house with great precision, using biomass and solar power, so the coffee in the cup has come a very short way. The food matches it: hearty seasonal dishes from local produce, everything made in house, with home-baked cakes and treats.

Beans are for sale to take home, and the roastery runs master classes for anyone who wants to brew better. It opens every day. Haddo House, Pitmedden Garden and Tolquhon Castle are all within a short drive.

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Before you go

Open Sunday to Thursday, 10am to 4pm, and Friday and Saturday, 9am to 4pm.

Where
21 The Square, Ellon, AB41 9JB.
Telephone
01358 721946.

Opening hours

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Monday
10am–4pm
Tuesday
10am–4pm
Wednesday
10am–4pm
Thursday
10am–4pm
Friday
9am–4pm
Saturday
9am–4pm
Sunday
10am–4pm

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Where it is

On the Square in the middle of Ellon.

Close byEllon.
  1. A great old yew spreading its branches over the lawn of Ellon Castle Gardens.Ellon Castle GardensThe castle's private walled garden in the middle of Ellon, given to the town and restored.Under a mile 1 min by road
  2. Halved croissant on a plate beside a wicker bread basketTrellis5 miles 8 min by road
  3. The parterres of Pitmedden Garden below the wall, clipped yews at the corners.Pitmedden GardenA walled parterre garden of the 1670s.6 miles 10 min by road
  4. Newburgh Seal BeachNewburgh Seal Beach6 miles 10 min by road
  5. Tolquhon Castle's roofless courtyard and gatehouse towers across the lawn under a grey sky.Tolquhon CastleA ruined courtyard castle with a grand gatehouse.7 miles 12 min by road
  6. A drawing room at Haddo House, its ornate ceiling above portraits and blue chairs.Haddo HouseA Palladian house in parkland to the north-west.8 miles 17 min by road
Directions
Low dunes and a still pool on the Forvie reserve under a wide sky.WalksForvie National Nature Reserve5.8 miles
The tasting bar at Still Spirit, stools along the counter by tall windows onto the fields.ShoppingStill Spirit5.9 miles
The Coffee Apothecary's granite café in Udny at dusk, its windows lit.CafeThe Coffee Apothecary Udny6.3 miles
AttractionsTrump International Golf Links Scotland6.4 miles
Marram-covered dunes falling to a long sandy beach at Balmedie, a burn winding to the sea.WalksBalmedie Beach and Country Park10 miles
Aerial view of a coastal links golf course with rolling fairways and dunesAttractionsCruden Bay Golf Club11 miles
A wood-burning stove set into an old stone wall at the Kilmarnock Arms.BarsThe Kilmarnock Arms11 miles
The whitewashed buildings and tall chimney of Glen Garioch Distillery in Oldmeldrum.AttractionsGlen Garioch Distillery11 miles
Tables on the terrace at Harbour Dunes looking over Port Erroll and the bay.CafeHarbour Dunes Café11 miles

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