Sydney Coffee Crawl - December 15 2007

[Shannon]

Re: Sydney Coffee Crawl - December 15 2007

That would be great Dennis

I was really looking forward to hearing about your roaster and cup exploits of late 1st hand tomorrow, but alas....

There is always next year, and lets face it there will always be coffee that needs drinking, so why not drink it in a group.

[Identity]

Re: Sydney Coffee Crawl - December 15 2007

My brother-in-law now has to work, but Lisa and I are still coming. We aim to be at Cordial at 8am sharp...thisll be over 5 hours earlier than I woke up today.

[Viviane]

Re: Sydney Coffee Crawl - December 15 2007

Not sure that Ill be there at 8am sharp, I have to drive, but Ill be there.

[mwatt]

Re: Sydney Coffee Crawl - December 15 2007

We wont make it, sadly. Hope you guys have a fantastic time, hopefully Ill make it to a crawl in the future!

[sanch]

Re: Sydney Coffee Crawl - December 15 2007

Hey guys,

Looking forward to tomorrow and if we have the weather we had today itll be great! Sorry you cant make it Shannon and Michelle

Yep guess i should get some shut-eye, like Identity ill be waking up many hours before i did this morning (dont ya love holidays!). But therell be caffiene a plenty so not to worry!

See you tomorrow
-S

[CoffeeChaser]

Re: Sydney Coffee Crawl - December 15 2007

Well the cafe crawl was a great day, and long! Thanks to Sanch for getting this off the ground.

The cafes along the way had ups and downs and some cafes that were high for some were lows for others, but a good day all the same. 8am start at Cordial for breakfast and coffees and a free 250g bag of beans for all snobs to test out a new blend. Than to Campos than Tobys Estate at Broadway, than to Mecca, than to Luxe at Bondi Junction, and finally the friendly faces at Di Bartoli.

It was great to catch up with some other snobs and meet even more friendly people from here. So was well worth it as far as I am concerned and Mecca was my favourite of the day.

Brett

[GrindOnDemand]

Brisbane Coffee Crawl ...

Fantastic that Sydney CSers organise & draw mutual interest to have a great time together!

On that note, a call to fellow Brisbane CSers to do something similar in the new year - I unfortunately missed out on Nathans very generous hosting of the November bean-bay offerings, but reckon theres probably a crowd of people up here willing to crawl to key spots?

Key spots in Brizzy ... where dya reckon, and why - the all important coffee, the food, both, ambience, blah blah?

Hopefully Ive got some sort of ball rolling ...

Cheers,
Tony

[Paolo]

Re: Sydney Coffee Crawl - December 15 2007

It was a really great day!

I enjoyed re-uniting with old Coffeesnob friends, putting new faces to names, getting to know the person attached to each name.... and tasting some very fine coffee.

For me, my tastebuds tingled at Tobys Estate with a Cuban long black...my tatebuds obviously contradicted others and my expectations as well...but isnt it a wonderful thing to get out and enjoy things like we did!

Thanks to Sanch and Identity for the idea and organization, fellow-Coffeesnobs for taking the opportunity and time to make it work and Vivianne for the truly excellent taxi work!

[scoota_gal]

Re: Sydney Coffee Crawl - December 15 2007

Well, it cant have been a Sydney Snobs crawl without photos! SO...where are they!?

[Viviane]

Re: Sydney Coffee Crawl - December 15 2007

That was a great day, it was wonderful to catch up with "old" snob friends and make some new ones.  And the coffee - I have never had so many great coffees in one day, or such pretty looking ones.  My favourites were Cordial and Mecca and my least preferred coffee came from Campos, it was still a high quality coffee, I just didnt really like the taste that much.

My thanks to Sanch and Identity for organising the day. Scoot, I know I saw a camera at some point, so pictures should show up eventually.

[Dennis]

Re: Sydney Coffee Crawl - December 15 2007

Yah, it was nice to see everyone and meet new people. Sorry I had to go right after brekkie as it seems like everyone had fun.

Big thanks to Cordial for the free coffee and their good and friendly service, and of course the coffee!

[sanch]

Re: Sydney Coffee Crawl - December 15 2007

Hey Guys,

Thanks for coming and also for planning the coffeecrawl together. I had a fun day (maybe not so fun when the caffeine OD started sinking in!) and it was lovely to meet you all.

I think my favourites for the day were mecca and Cordial, and thanks Cordial for the coffee.

Hope you all have a great Christmas!

S

[robusto]

Re: Sydney Coffee Crawl - December 15 2007

Looks like Santa hasnt brought any photos this year. :-/

[psaigh]

Re: Sydney Coffee Crawl - December 15 2007

For me, my  tastebuds tingled at Tobys Estate with a Cuban long black[/QUOTE]

Does the term cuban (in this sense) refer to the origen of the beans or the method of extraction?

[CindyP]

Re: Sydney Coffee Crawl - December 15 2007

Sydney CSrs,  What great timing for me that I arrive in Sydney for a few days work and find this great thread to guide me to where to find an exceptional coffee in the morning.   I am sorry I didnt get here one day earlier and I could have joined the crawl.  I am looking forward to visiting Mecca in the morning.

I am a new CS member and have learned a lot so far.  I am one month into my relationship with Silvia and Rocky and the local Brisbane roasters.  Thanks for a great site to guide my journey.

Cindy