Cult Espresso.

Cult Espresso

It roasts its own coffee and pours other roasters' beans beside it, in a converted alleyway ten minutes out of the Old Town.2

Why go

The Skinny puts the offer plainly: In a converted alleyway, Cult showcases an evolving range of speciality coffee from their own roastery and beyond.2 Sprudge, the specialist coffee title, agrees and adds the shape of the room.1

What locals & experts say

• Sprudge, Edinburgh coffee guide, on the room and the staff: it is welcoming and full of knowledgeable staff who can help guide you through their menu and roasted coffee offering, it is a ten-minute walk away from Edinburgh's Old Town but it's worth the visit, and While the cafe may look small from the outside, the cafe is long inside. The door says good times on it.1

Good to know

• Hours: nobody publishes them. Unknown here rather than guessed.
• Getting there: 104 Buccleuch Street, about ten minutes' walk from the Old Town.
• Hygiene: Food Hygiene Information Scheme Pass, inspected 16 January 2023, FHRSID 1011954. Forty-three months old, well past the eighteen-month bound, so it is disclosed with its age.3

Verdict

could-visit — A Buccleuch Street coffee shop in a converted alleyway that roasts its own and buys in beyond it, which is the useful distinction: the list rotates rather than sitting on a house blend. Sprudge, which is the specialist title for this category, describes staff who can actually walk you through the menu and a room that looks small from outside and runs long inside. The Skinny reads it the same way. It sits ten minutes from the Old Town. The pass on the register is from January 2023, over three and a half years old, which is worth knowing even though it is a pass.