80% 27 Elliott’s, Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar September 14, 2018 Food, Restaurant Review There’s a new hipster haircut. It’s sort of like someone has stuck a tiny cereal bowl on top of someone’s head, then shaved around it. There were a couple of people – a man and a woman – at...
ScotRail causes anger with confusion over reusable coffee cup rules Sean Murphy September 7, 2018 Drink, In the News Claire Jessiman, who writes the Foodie Quine blog and is based in Aberdeen, was travelling to Edinburgh by train when she asked the ScotRail staff member with the catering trolley to fill her reusable coffee...
Full line up announced for Glasgow Coffee Festival Sean Murphy May 9, 2018 Drink The event, which will take place on Saturday 19 May and Sunday 20 May 2018 at the Briggait, will include tastings, presentations and competitions as well as latte art throwdowns, and is expected to sell out...
11 of the best pavement cafes for sunny days in Edinburgh Alex Watson May 7, 2018 Drink, Food, General Summer in Edinburgh if often so fleeting that we want to enjoy every last second of it - and what better way to soak up the sun than with a freshly made coffee in hand? Baba Budan Housed inside the striking...
Glasgow Coffee Festival to tackle landfill waste by banning disposable cups Sean Murphy April 18, 2018 Drink Dear Green Coffee Roasters, who are bringing their sell-out event back to The Briggait, say they hope the move will pioneer a culture change, with cups reused rather than thrown away or composted. Instead of...
Dessert recipe: Coffee and doughnuts with marshmallow foam and chocolate spoon Sean Murphy April 13, 2018 Food, Recipes Coffee and doughnuts with marshmallow foam and chocolate spoon For The Mousse Whip the cream and put to one side. Whisk the eggs and yolks together. Place the chocolate in a bowl and melt over a pan of...
70% Thomas J Walls , Edinburgh, restaurant review Catriona Thomson March 20, 2018 Food, Restaurant Review When you hit your mid-forties, it's not uncommon for your once keen vision to take a tumble over the cliff of age-related farsightedness. Thomas J Walls, Forrest Street, Edinburgh. Picture: Lisa...
Pret A Manger to give away 300,000 free hot drinks as part of ‘make someone smile campaign’ Sean Murphy March 19, 2018 Drink, In the News The biggest ever give away by the brand will see the tokens being handed out at random in Pret shops by Team Members from Monday 19th March until Sunday 25th March which can then be redeemed for a free hot or...
Much-loved Edinburgh cafe announces shock closure Rebecca Parker March 6, 2018 In the News, Producers The Caffeine Drip on Melville Place, best known for its South African coffee and baking, shared the shock news on Facebook on Tuesday afternoon and described it as “the end of an era”. The post reads:...
Five of the best independent coffee shops in Edinburgh Maddy Searle January 23, 2018 Drink, Food Independent coffee shops in Edinburgh Fortitude Coffee (3C York Place, EH1 3EB, 0131 557 3063) https://www.instagram.com/p/BTi3BzwjsM7/?hl=en&taken-by=fortitudecoffee Although this shop is small,...
