Birch, Inverness
Birch is a speciality coffee shop in Inverness city centre, the second site of the Birch roastery from Portree on the Isle of Skye. It opened in 2024 and serves small-batch coffee traced to the grower, alongside pastries and a short food menu, making it a good first stop of the day.
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Birch Cafe
From Skye to Inverness
Birch began in Portree in early 2020 and built a following for its coffee before opening in Inverness in March 2024. The coffee is hand roasted in small batches on Skye, and the team focuses on beans that can be traced back to the farm, with the selection changing regularly. Bags of beans are sold online and shipped from the roastery each week, if you want to take the taste home.
What to order
Coffee is the reason to come, served in ceramic mugs with milk from Mossgiel, the organic farm in Ayrshire. Alongside the pastries there is a brunch-style menu of things like granola, toasties and soup, plus fresh orange juice and herbal teas. The food menu was designed to change regularly, so expect what is on offer to shift with the seasons.
Fitting it into your day
Birch sits in the compact city centre, so it pairs naturally with a morning wander. The Steeple and Inverness Museum and Art Gallery are moments away, and the castle and river are a short walk. If you are heading west to Skye afterwards, the original Birch in Portree makes a neat bookend to the trip.
Highlights
- Second café from Portree's Birch roastery
- Small-batch coffee roasted on Skye
- Traceable speciality beans
- Pastries and a brunch-style menu
Good to know
- Coffee beans from the Skye roastery are sold online.
Frequently asked questions
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Sources: birch.coffee · pressandjournal.co.uk