I’ve been mining the Cafe Run twitter coffee list and taking some tips from my old friend Grant at Sydney Coffee Tours who has his ear to the grounds (ahem) and tends to always get there first and I’ve come up with some must-visit Sydney cafes - for me! - this time with a slight north-side bias (about time!)
These links take you to Beanhunter which is by far the best location-based service for finding top notch coffee. iPhone users can even say “iPhone! Where’s the good coffee around here?”. But make up your own mind, put your own reviews in and help those who come after.
Bean Drinking impressive stats and some big statements in the reviews. Crows Nest is where my band used to reherse. In the same street as Bean Drinking. Takes me back. Crows Nest is pretty accessible from most locations, it’s not too far from the city and I think I may get over the bridge some time after Tuesday when I get my three broken spokes replaced and have my wheel trued. Once I’m back on my monster mountain bike I shall have Bean Drinking. Oh ho ho. I crack me up.
Pablo & Rusty’s Gordon it looks like there is also one in Epping and these two suburbs are old stomping grounds of mine. I can attest to, at least back in the dark ages when I lived there, the absolute dire need for proper coffee. Properly roasted beans, properly designed blends (or interesting single o’s) and properly made espresso! Do I ask too much? Not any more apparently. I’ll want to check out the Epping Pablo & Rusty’s also, but Grant knows his mud so I’ll hit Gordon first. Now if only it wasn’t such a hike.
Coffee Alchemy this one I’m embarrassed to say I STILL have yet to get to. Not too far from my Inner West nest, famously, according to my Barista Sista, does not sell anything but coffee. Not a crumb nor a cup of tea can you buy. And when they fire up the roaster both hearing and breathing are significantly impaired. Hard core. I used to live in Marrickville too so, yet another old stomping ground with kick arse coffee. Maybe it’s my influence with a delayed impact?
OK What’s next? Let me know. I have put my cafe reviews into Beanhunter, now you do the same, and drop me a line to tell me where to go! You can get me at chris@think.net.au
Stand by for a future post on my recent trip to San Francisco and the bean scene there. I was stunned. In both a good and a bad way!