Looking Forward To: Coffee

February 17, 2016 Unknown 0 Comments

Katherine Lim

Ever since last semester I've become addicted to coffee. There's a Starbucks located right next to my primary studies building and I suspect it's a result of needing something to fuel me during my final year of university. (Go pumpkin spice lattes!) To Melbournians, American style coffee is known for being pretty crappy in comparison to their more authentic Italian approach. Some refer to our coffee as "dish water coffee" or dare I say "watered down crap". Melbourne is considered a coffee capital so that comes as no surprise. Now being a full time international student, I won't have a whole lot of spare cash to spend on coffee runs. However, I'd love to try some really good cups here and there when I can manage. There are so many cafes and coffee shops in the suburbs and city I really don't know where to start. I'll just list off some places that I'm aware of!

Patricia Coffee Brewers - Located on Little Bourke St in the CBD. Considered a bit of a hidden gem for takeaway coffee.

Shortstop Coffee & Donuts - Located on Sutherland St in the CBD. This is a very small and popular cafe that serves only coffee and donuts.

Brother Baba Budan - Located on Little Bourke St in the CBD. This is a very popular and smaller cafe. It has a fairly wide selection available.

BonBons Bakery - Various locations around Melbourne. This is a bakery I would frequent for snacks but never took the chance to try their coffee. I'm looking forward to seeing what it's like!

Breadtop - Various locations around Melbourne. This is another bakery that I'd frequent, however it's slightly cheaper than BonBons. I'm mostly curious to see how it fairs against the others. Considering its price point, it'd probably be my go to cheap coffee.

Starbucks - Located in the CBD. I have Starbucks all the time, so why bother to try it here? Mostly out of curiosity to see how it's different, if at all, from what I'm used to.

I'm looking forward to seeing how good the coffee is! I'm sure I'll be budgeting for daily coffee in no time.