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  • TC
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    I had two outstanding cups at Switchboard in the arcade of the Manchester Unity building last week...

    Expert pours, great espresso and perfect milk texture- and art.

    I reckon it has to be one of the best few in Melbourne CBD...

    Well worth a visit

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  • Keirtar
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    First time poster, first time anything here really!

    Im always on the look out for a good coffee and now i have a new list to go and test out. Im no super dooper barrista (one "r" or two?) but i do like a hot cup of java that is made by people who care about the final product.

    BBB and St Ali, in my book, are the bench mark of elite coffee making in Melbourne. From the roasting, grinding, blending, beverage producing right down to enjoy the last drop in glass.

    Id just like to add a few suggestions...
    "Liar Liar" in Hawthorn, just off Glenferrie rd, kinkorna st i think it is. Some of the people there work at St Ali and BBB. Top place
    "Apte" in Alphington, just on lower heidelberg rd. Nice quite place on a busy major road! Good chef there too. Same guy owns or runs Liar Liar.
    "Bliss" in Camberwell, Toorak road before it becomes Warrigal road. Jimmy is one of the best around. pumps out a lot of lattes but does each one with love =)
    "Bunny" on Riversdale road, corner of Through Road in Surrey hills. Gravity coffee, dont know to much about it but tastes good and presentation of place/coffee are both pretty good.
    "7 Grams" on Church St in Richmond. The overall taste is great but the lARTe is brilliant.
    "The Mailing (Maling) Room" corner of Canterbury rd and Maling rd. Nice place, good staff, nice coffee but this place is for people who dont like their coffee hot. It isnt a bad thing but its for those with a personal preference of having warm coffee.

    All these places are worth checking out. There are more on my list but these are just a couple i frequent. I just realised theyre all in the Inner Eastern Suburbs... i have to get out more!!!

    Cheers


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  • mcb
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    As we were going to be in Melbourne for a couple of days, I did a quick search, found this thread and jotted down a few of the recommendations. We were near Octane in McKillop so stopped for coffee the first morning. Best coffee I have ever had (Note - I am a milk coffee drinker and do not consider myself to be any type of expert). Where in St Kilda in the afternoon, the place we picked was a very poor comparison. The next morning, we did not hesitate to go back to Octane. Same high standard again.

    The depressing thing is that it drove home to me how much I need to work on my skills. Must go and take a barista course I think, so that I can get the best out of my gear.

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  • pepitovfr
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    "One Star Cafe" in Victoria St.

    But if you go just remember the wise adage "Dont judge a book by its cover" (nor by its price)

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  • Remy
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    Originally posted by jrob link=1182680563/15#15 date=1208744775
    Following on from Kohi’s post on 29. Jan 2008. I’d give XXXXXXXXXXX a big miss!!!
    Service was very smug and rude – could have just been the 2 girls on at the time. But clearly they thought they were doing us a huge favour. As far as the coffee I got, it was good but lukewarm. There are so many good coffee places around, don’t bother here.
    And this being your first post on the forum jrob,.. hmmm.  Perhaps sticking to Good coffee in Melbourne CBD? as the title asks,..would have been better. Not cool giving the name of a cafe and advising that people not to bother going there. Is damaging at best.

    MODS?

    mod edit- we dont need that style of post here thanks...Original post deleted.

    2mcm

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  • speleomike
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    Hi all

    I had a great time at the Linux Conf in Melbourne and some nice coffees and some truly horrible ones. We didnt get to many. The AXA building one wasnt open late arvo when we were there. BBB we didnt try as its not really setup for serving breakfast also. Found cafenetics when closed but didnt get time to get there when it was open.

    Prontos on Finders Lane was close to us and served breakfast. We had had a few coffees by the time we tried it and when we did Jill just looked at me and said "This is fantastic coffee". She has a flat white and it was a proper flat white, not a "gone down cappa" :-). The espresso was luscious too so we had breaky there each morning.

    The other place that served an excellent espresso was the Doppio Cafe on level 5 of the Atrium in the same building as the Novotel at 270 Collins St.

    There was just one place where I returned the sour espresso to the counter and the barista made another. She tasted it herself and realised how sour it was and yucky so made another but still didnt know how to fix it so returned my $. Nice polite place barista but just didnt know what they were doing. It was part of a chain of coffee places starting with H.

    A very nice week and thanks for the leads to the coffee places.
    Mike

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  • shawn_low
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    Originally posted by Ben_S link=1182680563/0#12 date=1201670765
    Also try Brother Babba Buddan (BBB) next to the Crumple shop on Lt Bourke St (near cnr Elizabeth st). Its St Alis sister shop.

    Wouldnt brother shop be more appropriate?  ;D
    I was thinking that when I posted it. I was too lazy to change the post. : )

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  • Ben_S
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    Also try Brother Babba Buddan (BBB) next to the Crumple shop on Lt Bourke St (near cnr Elizabeth st). Its St Alis sister shop.

    Wouldnt brother shop be more appropriate? ;D

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  • shawn_low
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    Theres an Octane in the GPO building (3rd floor. Escalator access from Lt Bourke St).

    Also try Brother Babba Buddan (BBB) next to the Crumple shop on Lt Bourke St (near cnr Elizabeth st). Its St Alis sister shop.

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  • kohi
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    Oh good, the chocolate they use for cappuccinos is yummy!

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  • lennier
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    I think Octane reopened a while back a few doors further down in McKillop, but I havent tried it as yet. It used to be reasonably good in its previous incarnation.

    Dennis

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  • kohi
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    For what its worth I preferred the coffee at Cafenatics at the AXA building rather than the AMP building, but that was about a year ago so things could be different. Also, I think Octane in McKillop Lane closed down.

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  • speleomike
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    Hi Chris

    Thanks for the offer. I should be right though with Google Maps for location and CS and Coffee Geek for places to visit. I see stockists of the Guide are quite near to where Ill be staying but $17 for a book tranlated to many coffees and chocolates instead.

    Ill try and get to BBB, Cafenatics, Pronto cafe, Sam-I-am. These are close to me according to Google Maps - wonderful application.

    PS. Ozi said "my cafe is good, naturally! But its up at melb uni".
    Whats that one Ozi ?

    Mike

    Mike

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  • TC
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    Originally posted by speleomike link=1182680563/0#5 date=1201314282
    Hi all

    I have just been reading the above posts as my wife and I are attending the Linux Conference all next week. We are staying at the Novotel on Collins St though conf is at Melb uni so I have made a list of some places to try. Now to spend Sat arvo on Google Maps pin pointing them :-)
    Unfortunately I dont have the Melb coffee guide book.

    Mike
    Hi Mike- youre welcome to borrow my copy if you like..

    Chris

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  • speleomike
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    Hi all

    I have just been reading the above posts as my wife and I are attending the Linux Conference all next week. We are staying at the Novotel on Collins St though conf is at Melb uni so I have made a list of some places to try. Now to spend Sat arvo on Google Maps pin pointing them :-)
    Unfortunately I dont have the Melb coffee guide book.

    Mike

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