Proper Coffee

Throat Punch Coffee CompanyWest End, Edinburgh

★★SpecialtyProperly excellent

Dalry Rd0.4 mi from West End centrelast reviewed April 2026

One of the few lever machines in Edinburgh, run by a barista who can explain exactly what it does to extraction. Mexican single-origin on espresso. Filter runs alongside.

One of Edinburgh's few lever machines, in hands that treat it as a tool, not a prop.

4.8★★★★½(289)
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Roasts on-siteSingle originsBeans to goPour-over

What we love

  • Lever espresso machine, a genuine rarity in Edinburgh
  • Mexican single-origin as the house espresso
  • Filter coffee available as a live option alongside espresso drinks
  • Barista knowledgeable on lever mechanics and extraction control, will discuss unprompted

Location

30 Dalry Rd, Edinburgh EH11 2BA, UK

0.4 mi from West End centre

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BEATNIK★★ Specialty

Pour-overs arrive with palate water, and the staff can account for everything in the cup. A West End detour worth making.

LOWDOWN★★ Specialty

Edinburgh's coffee-literate regulars point visitors here for the rotating pour-overs. Staff who know every bean on the bar seal it.

Roasters★★ Specialty

A Dalry Road cafe with the roastery in the same building, so the beans in every drink were roasted where you're drinking them. The coffee is Fair Trade sourced and held to the SCA scale.

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