The Coffee Guide... Cafe Reviews
GRIND
The problem with remakes is that all too often they’re not as good as the original. So you can understand the trepidation when Grind announced a refurbishment of their founding cafe. What would be the fate of one of Sydney’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 5 beans, awards, Cronulla, god shot, single origin
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AUCTION ROOMS
This former auction house on Errol Street has been stripped back to bare brick and transformed into one of the freshest, brightest, most inviting coffee venues you’re likely to visit. Melbourne architects Six Degrees have a talent for combining the … Continue reading
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Tagged 4.5 bean, breakfast, North Melbourne, Small Batch
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THE LITTLE MARIONETTE
If there’s a better use of ten square metres in this town, we want to know about it. With just three small tables, more puppeteers lounge across the road in Gladstone Park than could ever fit in the cafe – … Continue reading
THE MALING ROOM
The Maling Room occupies the former post office building that stands sentinel at the end of Maling Road, Canterbury. It’s a timber-surfaced, pram-and-gran-filled joint that brims with the chatter of locals, and attentive staff shimmy and smile through this eclectic … Continue reading
COFFEE ALCHEMY
With no food on offer, the emphasis here is squarely on the coffee -more particularly, on the sheer alchemy of extracting espresso from little old coffee beans. The seating is minimal and waiting room-like, but interior-design fetishism would only distract … Continue reading