James' Speciality Coffee

We are a husband (James) and wife (Rhona) team who have been catering at events since 2006. We work from our beloved Landrover Defender. We serve organic coffee, hot choc and tea, as well as home-made traybakes, iced drinks too in the summer.

We can also double up as a mobile bar, serving Scottish produced spirits, fine wine and draught beer. We serve from our Landrover, either taking out all the coffee equipment or leaving an espresso machine in and adding booze to the menu, helpful for the cheeky espresso martini! If your event is indoors we simply take all our stock and equipment inside, we have a mobile bar specifically for that purpose.

We can provide wine pairing, glass hire, table service, cocktails, draught beer and any other form of alcohol you wish us to offer.

We love to talk food and drink, please give us a call or text, we'd love to chat to you about your event.

We started out in the world of coffee way back in 2006. Since then we have had various coffee trucks including various VW vans and trailers, our current truck is a 2005 Landrover Defender as well as indoor coffee cart and an Airstream Trailer.

We serve fairtrade and organic coffee, 100% Arabica and single origin. We believe you can taste the difference. Our main reason for choosing this type of coffee was: Fairtrade - no brainer argument, having farmers in another part of the the world growing coffee beans and not being paid enough for them is not sustainable. We partner with Grumpy Mule who the largest B Corp (and the first!) coffee roaster in the UK, you’ve probably seen their Cafe Direct brand in Oxfam and Health Food Shops.

100% Arabica means a smooth taste, no harsh after taste.

We have catered at tiny events and huge events. From Brighton to Durness, though mainly in Scotland!

Our favourite jobs are the one where we meet the nicest people! People definitely make this job rewarding, meeting folk from all over the place who are working in industries and charities that are a different world to ours is very rewarding. Wether we are serving at the start line of an ultra marathon at 4am, or standing on trade stand representing someone else’s business, it’s always a delight to be interacting with other humans!

We cater at outdoor events in the middle of nowhere, City centre events, family gatherings in the garden, corporate jobs at a trade show or office, craft catering on film/production sets.

We have been part of many different bodies over the years, right now we see no value in membership to any of them. For us, the most valued thing is the 20 years of experience we have. I’m not sure we’ve made ALL the mistakes, but we’ve had our fair share, and after re-grouping and licking our wounds, we carry on with a lessoned learned.

Added to that we have a network of suppliers that we rely on and trust and together we have served in some of the most challenging environments Scotland has thrown at us.