Unorthodox Roasters

129 High St Kinross KY13 8AQ »Map«

Open Wed-Sun Pour over, espresso Coffee: Unorthodox Roasters Also: Beans, light meals, brew kit

Coolness: Big open windows on to historic Kinross town

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Unorthodox Roasters in the town of Kinross - about a 50 minute drive North of Edinburgh - is a roastery and cafe.

Owners Neil Buchan and Chris Bode have their 6kg Giesen roaster proudly sitting up front alongside the customers’ chairs and tables.

They offer V60 pour over and, more recently, have added espresso based drinks to their menu. Their overarching ethos is to ensure customers are getting what they want.

They're aiming to demystify specialty coffee for their customers by fully explaining the taste profiles of their range and encouraging customers to try new things, as well as catering to those who tend toward a traditional taste profile.

It's worth visiting their website to get the gist of their unorthodox ethos, and you can order beans - and now specialty teas - to be delivered by mail if Kinross is not in your neighbourhood. Their range changes but this gives you an indicator:

• Wee Stoater - Chocolate, Hazelnut, Caramel - Brazil/Nicaragua
• Fire Bird - Chestnut, Apricot, Chocolate - Rwanda/Brazil
• Politik - Make. Coffee. Great. Again. - Rwanda
• Clockword Ninja - Brazil nut, Apple, Cocao - Colombia
• Jackpot - Blood orange zest - D.R. Congo

The food menu is evolving and includes avocado on sourdough, smoked salmon bagels, banana loaf, brownies and other cakes. And the cafe is quite roomy with lots of light, a rustic-meets-make-do-hipster decor and plenty of room to sit down and chill out.

Neil and Chris were inspired by a major trip they took through Central and South America - much of which was spent building their appreciation and knowledge of specialty coffee. Prior to this epiphany, neither had a background in coffee but have since been engrossed and have now realised their dream to both roast coffee, and open their coffee shop.

And to finish - this is one of the few places in Kinross and surrounds that's open on a Sunday - for all the walkers, runners and cyclists out there!

More: facebook.com/unorthodoxroasters/