The Slow Drip

Many roasters in Australia can claim the moniker of “award-winning” – but Edition Coffee may be in a class all on its own in this department. How many roasters can claim the endorsement of René Redzepi?

In a city obsessed with great coffee, Clark St Coffee Roasters always finds a way to stand apart. Like an elite athlete, Clark St Coffee just somehow always seems to be that one or two steps ahead of the field.

Barrel One Coffee Roasters is nestled in one of the few remaining industrial areas of Sydney’s Northern Beaches, in the suburb of Brookvale. Barrel One stand out for the rarity and quality of their coffee, their passion and the amazing list of accolades the company has piled up since their founding. 

We’re excited to reintroduce Square One Coffee as August’s featured roaster. Since its inception in 2014 Square One has developed an outstanding reputation for consistently supplying amazing coffees to some of Melbourne’s top high-volume cafés, including Higher Ground, The Kettle Black, and Top Paddock. 

Craig Simon, Founder and Director of Criteria Coffee, would make an excellent campaign manager. His view of the coffee world starts, begins and ends with the idea of community and education. 

Aaron Wood, founder of Brunswick, Victoria’s Wood and Co Coffee takes his coffee very seriously. This is not to suggest that Aaron and his roasting teammates are a humourless, always-focused-on-the-task lot.

In introducing you to this month’s coffee, it is impossible to separate the twin arts of coffee roasting and artisan sourdough baking. The team behind First Love Coffee, Brenton Lang and Andrew Gibbs are the founders of Rustica Sourdough. 

Rumble Coffee Roasters are a coffee heavy-weight champion. Reflecting their working class location in Melbourne’s inner North-West, Kensington.

Calling into Motobean’s roasting facility in Malmsbury at the foot of Victoria’s beautiful Macedon Ranges, a visitor is left with two bold images - lovingly restored vintage motorcycles and the glorious smell of perfectly roasted coffee.

A marionette is a puppet controlled from above using wires or strings depending on regional variations."Self-confessed coffee nerd Ed Cutcliffe is the puppet master pulling all the right strings at Sydney-based The Little Marionette. 

Tucked just off Sydney Road in Brunswick, there’s no denying that Code Black is a Melbourne coffee institution. Set in a darkly dramatic warehouse, the roastery / cafe is simultaneously a laboratory, a workshop and an iconic hub for connoisseurs of the dark art of coffee.

When you think of science, coffee doesn’t usually come to mind. But this month, Sensory Lab are about to change that completely. Headed by the ST ALi group, Sensory Lab has become a Melbourne institution, know for experimentation in buying, roasting and brewing exceptional coffee.