Williams & Johnson Coffee Co.
Zack Williams and Todd Johnson roast on a single roaster beside the Leith waterfront, in the same building they serve from.1
Why go
Sprudge places the cafe and the roasting operation together in Customs Lane, a studio complex for creative professionals on the Leith waterfront.1 The Skinny's line on what that produces is short: It's all sleek concrete and streamlined furnishings, but there's nothing simple about the rich and delicious coffee.
2 The buying is single origin and seasonal blends that turn over through the year, by the roastery's own description.1
What locals & experts say
- Sprudge, Edinburgh coffee guide: owners named, single roaster, roastery and cafe in one Leith building.1
- The Skinny, Edinburgh cafes guide:
there's nothing simple about the rich and delicious coffee.
2
Good to know
- Three addresses are in circulation. The FSA record gives 67 Commercial Street EH6 6LH, The Skinny prints 1 Customs Wharf, and Sprudge says Customs Lane. These sit on the same waterfront block and no source read here reconciles them, so search both ways.3
- Hygiene: Food Hygiene Information Scheme Pass, inspected 1 February 2023, FHRSID 1050225. Forty-two months old, so the rating says nothing recent about the premises either way.3
- Register spelling: the FSA files the ampersand as
and
, which is why a literal name search comes up empty.3 - Price and hours: nobody publishes either one.
Verdict
could-visit — Zack Williams and Todd Johnson roast on a single roaster next to the Leith waterfront, and the cafe sits in the same building as the roastery, inside the Customs Lane studio complex. Sprudge, which covers this trade for a living, describes the buying as single origin and seasonal blends that change through the year. The Skinny describes the room as all sleek concrete and streamlined furnishings, and says there is nothing simple about the coffee. A working roastery you can drink at is worth the walk down to the Shore if you are already in Leith. What keeps it here rather than higher is that neither source scores anything, no coffee is named, and the statutory hygiene record is three and a half years old.