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Tinderbox Espresso BarCity Centre, GlasgowTinderbox →

★EverydayThe everyday answer

Princes Square0.1 mi from City Centre centrelast reviewed June 2026

Coffee with genuine espresso intent in the middle of Glasgow's busiest shopping street. The extraction has body and a bitter finish; the sandwiches will follow you everywhere.

The Buchanan Street espresso bar that takes extraction more seriously than the lunch queue does.

3.8★★★½(300)
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What we love

  • •Espresso-bar branding; coffee positioning is explicit, not incidental
  • •Italian-leaning espresso profile: rich body, persistent bitterness, dark chocolate finish
  • •Americano pours closer to a long black; deliberate on extraction strength

Location

Princes Square, 48 Buchanan St, Glasgow G1 3JN, UK

0.1 mi from City Centre centre

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Richaro's Ramblings · 4 May

The case for Everyday

Proper Coffee surfaces three tiers. We lean on the top one because that's the obvious thing a discovery site should do, and that's mostly where this site sends…

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