The Slow Drip

Just over the Macedon Ranges in country Victoria, rolling into Motobean Roasters to talk shop with founding partners, Lachy and Laura Evans, is a much needed breath of freshly roasted coffee aroma. 

As we step you into a new decade of coffee discovery, we’ve chosen two bold and beautiful coffees sure to set off some New Year sensory fireworks. These roasts are extra special as they celebrate a decade since the team at Industry Beans roasted their first batch of coffee.

Over the past 15 years, ST. ALi’s creative baron and CEO, Salvatore Malatesta, has made a significant contribution to driving Melbourne’s coffee renaissance. With hard work, passion and innovation, the ST. ALi team has left an indelible mark on our coffee consciousness.

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.