The Brook Street facility is a roastery first and a café incidentally; come for a cupping session, an SCA course, or to buy named lots direct from the people who sourced them.

Thomson's runs as a specialty operation first: filter on the menu, named-origin beans available to take home, and a brand that means something in Scottish coffee. The kind of place worth factoring into your Glasgow plans.

A specialty stall at The Barras where the coffee runs to co-fermented lots. In Bridgeton, that's the find.

A new Bridgeton local near Glasgow Green, already running with the ease of somewhere older. The room is generous; come expecting to stay longer than you planned.

A charity coffee hut in Bridgeton sourcing from Tin Monkey Roastery. You'll go for the cause and come back for the cup.

Venezuelan kitchen in the east end where the coffee holds up alongside the food. Come for the arepas; the flat white earns its place too.

A community cafe in Bridgeton where at least one barista knows what properly steamed milk should feel like. If you're in the area and want something reliably made rather than just caffeinated, this is the answer.