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I have been looking forward to visiting Steampunk’s cafe, The Warehouse, for a long time. I first read about them a couple of years ago on the excellent Brian’s Coffee Spot blog, when I was planning a trip back to Scotland from Michigan and looking for coffee shops
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One of the most exciting aspects of living in the state of Michigan was the preponderance of third wave coffee in almost every town, no matter the size. Whether in Plymouth, Traverse City, Saugutuck or Kalamazoo, you could always reliably find a good cup of coffee. Scotland has been going
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This coffee was a surprise early Christmas gift from my sister and Danish brother-in-law, and seeing as it’s the holidays and I am, coincidentally, on holiday, I think it’s worth departing from my usual Scotland-centric approach and taking a closer look at this distinctive offering from the Coffee
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Living in Aberdeen, the most interaction I generally have with Dundee involves traversing the many roundabouts it takes to get around the city and on to Glasgow, Edinburgh and the South. I’d never really had a reason to stop and explore before, but Pacamara changed that. Tucked away in
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It was in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 2011, that I first discovered how transformative a cup of coffee could be. It was a naturally processed Ethiopia Sidamo and it blew me away. Tasting almost exactly like a blueberry muffin, I had never experienced anything like it, and since then I
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Nestled in the heart of Aberdeen’s West End, Foodstory Cafe has a reputation as the go-to spot for vegan food in the area. However, it also holds a secret: a fully stocked specialty coffee service with a rotating lineup of guest roasters, all anchored by a La Marzocco Linea
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Dear Green was the first coffee I bought after moving back to Scotland from America in July. Having been away for five years, I had no idea what the specialty coffee scene was like in my home country. After some brief internet research, I chose Dear Green mostly because of
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Located in the pretty seaside town of North Berwick, 25 miles east of Edinburgh, Steampunk have been roasting coffee since 2012. Sourced from Coop Naranjo in the West Valley region of Costa Rica, this natural processed micro lot seems as good a place as any to start exploring Scotland’s