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Get your Superfreak on at this standout new Marrickville cafe with soul
The exclusive first look inside Superfreak, with its fuzzy banquet seating, vinyl records and cork flooring combining to make a memorable first impression.
- Bianca Hrovat
No latte art, no espresso machine: This Surrey Hills cafe brews beans the old-fashioned way
At his new venture, The Stovetop Sessions, hospitality veteran Paul Mathis is inviting customers to slow down and smell the coffee.
- Dani Valent
A beloved backstreet boozer is reborn, plus five more exciting additions to Fitzroy North
Try a new spin on the pie floater in the front bar of a revamped 1874 pub. Or experience Hyderabadi family recipes in an Indian restaurant.
- Tomas Telegramma
Is your morning brew actually healthy? Eight benefits of drinking black coffee
From reducing the risk of diabetes to staving off Alzheimer’s and cancer, your daily caffeine hit may be more powerful than you realise.
- Emily Craig
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10 great cafes open today for your Anzac Day coffee and carb fix
Of course, surcharges will apply, but it will be worth it for that sweet, sweet caffeine (and sandwich) hit.
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10 beaut places open today for your Anzac Day coffee and pastry fix
Of course, surcharges will apply, but it will be worth it for that sweet, sweet caffeine (and cake) hit.
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Ice, ice, coffee: Five cool espresso drinks and desserts to make this weekend
What’s cooler than being cool? Ice-cold! Here are five ways to get your daily caffeine fix on a sweltering day.
Espresso-meets-cocktail bars, high-tech tools at home: 10 coffee trends to tap into, right now
From next-level gadgetry to improve your espresso to unbridled creativity in iced drinks, here’s what’s brewing in the caffeine scene.
- Emma Breheny
Yes, queuing for your morning coffee can be chaos, but spare a thought for the barista
I’ve often watched a barista in full flight in the caffeine peak hour and thought it looked like the worst kind of hell, as workplaces go.
- Neil McMahon
Melbourne’s tram restaurant may be gone, but we now have a tram cafe
And it’s serving coffee at prices that feel as retro as its jaunty colour scheme.
- Emma Breheny