Support your indies this Easter hols! Bag the full Indy Coffee Guide collection and always know where to find cool places serving exceptional brews.

If you’re headed south, we recommend a spring fling @heartbreakhotelcoffee in north Devon, the caffeine and sugar hits are incredible. Think velvety Allpress flat whites matched with homemade cruffins 💘

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Thursday morning highlights

1. Starting the morning right with a knockout brekkie of poachies and muhammara on sourdough and Allpress flat whites @comb_edinburgh
2. Bagging a window seat at trending coffee shop @beatnikcafe_ for silky batch brew from @scenerycoffeeroasters and a cherry cola co-ferment hand brew from @elsewhere_coffee
3. A sit down at sunny @soderbergbakery - shoutout to the lovely Nancy for the haul of carby contraband for the trip home 🙌🏻

Edinburgh, you’ve been a blast. Sorry to those that we missed - we wish we could visit you all but we’re outta time. Catch you at the launch of Indy Coffee Guide Scotland No7 in summer!

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Wednesday highlights

1. Boozy Costa Rican flattie @littlefitzroy
2. Pastry paradise (we’re looking at you twice baked blackcurrant and pistachio croissant) at Kitchen Table by @twelvetriangles
3. Burundi natural own-roast pourovers and the smiliest baristas @fortitudecoffee
4. On-point piccolos @artisanroastcoffeeroasters
5. A belter of a brew courtesy of @santucoffee @thecoffeecabinetedin
6. Caffeinated good vibes at charity spot @hopetowncoffee
7. Soaking up beautiful vibes and cracking @cultcoffeeroasters long blacks @storcoffee.co
8. Switching up the caffeine for nourishing hummus bowls and booch @urbanangel_cafe
9. Checking out new kid on the block @cafenspecialitycoffee
10. @thecobbledroaster delivering live roasting action and a delish Mexican decaf
11. Browsing beans and slurping chai @fauna_edinburgh
12. Juicy batch brew and sunny people-watching @cairngormcoffeeco
13. Last stop @mehedinburgh for top-notch cortados

If you’ve read this far, manifest a good night’s sleep for us after all that caffeine🙏🏻

Catch you for the last leg of our Edinburgh coffee tour tomorrow!

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Tuesday afternoon highlights

1. Post-flight late lunching @ante_coffee including creative dishes and seasonal brews: radicchio salad, french omelette, rose cortado and golden turmeric milk.
2. Syrupy batch brew @roomrumourscoffee - couldn’t get enough of the anaerobic natural Ethiopian batch brew roasted by @dakcoffeeroasters in Amsterdam.
3. First-rate blends from @thomsonscoffee and @ottimocoffee - plus moreish honey cake - @cappuccinoedinburgh.

Logging off now to grab some spicy margs and tacos. Looking forward to a full day of coffee-shop hopping tomorrow!

We’ll be in Edinburgh next week on a coffee research trip for the upcoming Scotland Indy Coffee Guide. Where shouldn’t we miss? Let us know in the comments please and thank you ☕️

Ready to dive into the speciality coffee scene in the North, Midlands and East of England? Here’s a taste of what to expect …

The hot-off-the-press Indy Coffee Guide is your key to unlocking 158 of the best independent speciality coffee shops, cafes and roasteries in these regions.

We’ve scoured the scene for coffee experiences worth your precious caffeine allowance, so you can discover coffee shops serving whistle-clean pourovers, cafes crafting exquisite brunches and silky flat whites, and roasteries selling high grade beans.

Visit our website to grab your copy!

Also thanks @federalcafebar for letting us use your pic on the cover 🤙 and to our epic sponsors @keepcup, @cakesmiths.hq and @cheshirecoffeeco

A sweet afternoon spent going behind the scenes @cakesmiths.hq in Bristol 🤙

Thanks for the tour and the fat stack of bakes which we’ve been scoffing during our drive to Manchester for tomorrow’s launch of the Indy Coffee Guide North, Midlands & East No.8!