Cockburn St0.0 mi from Old Town centrelast reviewed April 2026
The queue on Cockburn Street is the signal. Exclusive Obadiah espresso, a filter rotation that cycles through Five Elephant, La Cabra, and Bonanza, and retail beans worth taking home.
Obadiah Collective on espresso exclusively, with Five Elephant and La Cabra rotating through filter.
Ulterior Motives · 16 Jul
For three weeks every August, Edinburgh stops hosting festivals and turns into one.
Richaro's Ramblings · 14 Aug
I am writing this from Ponta Delgada, where the coffee in front of me was roasted about four streets away. Normally that is the whole story.
Cockburn St0.0 mi from Old Town centrelast reviewed April 2026
The queue on Cockburn Street is the signal. Exclusive Obadiah espresso, a filter rotation that cycles through Five Elephant, La Cabra, and Bonanza, and retail beans worth taking home.
Obadiah Collective on espresso exclusively, with Five Elephant and La Cabra rotating through filter.
52 Cockburn St, Edinburgh EH1 1PB, UK
0.0 mi from Old Town centre
Ulterior Motives · 16 Jul
For three weeks every August, Edinburgh stops hosting festivals and turns into one.
Richaro's Ramblings · 14 Aug
I am writing this from Ponta Delgada, where the coffee in front of me was roasted about four streets away. Normally that is the whole story.
Takes its name from Fitzroy, Melbourne, and runs that reference seriously. Staff ask what you're after before they pour, and mean the question.
An arch beside Waverley where the roaster in the grinder rotates through European suppliers rather than settling on a house blend. Filter runs alongside espresso, and both get the same deliberate treatment.
Filter arrives bright and fruity, espresso rich and precise; both come from their own roastery in Old Town. Staff share extraction notes before you ask.