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Originally Posted by Gary Fish
I know Peaberrys do
King Street Depot, Warners Bay
Now the best coffee in Newcastle.
I picked up the new 2013 aldi expressi gizmo 4 weeks ago. Saved enough money now to make a trip to Perth. Btw i have a sealed package of kopi luwak if anyone is interested.
I'm never ever going to say a bad thing about a coffee joint in Newcastle.
Coffee in Germany is ****ed. Even the cafe's at the uni serve better coffee then the shit I'm getting here.
Probably over-engineered
Actually you're not that far wrong actually. Most places don't serve a traditional coffee. They just press a button and it comes out of a machine.Quote:
Originally Posted by WolfMan
Come swing by the locale in New Lambton, more often than not I am manning the machine and more often than not you should get a pretty awesome coffee.
Calling ya on that one!Quote:
Originally Posted by skippy
Have recommended you to my coffee snob mate... hopefully will get in there myself sometime this week, possibly Thursday, and see if you live up to your own hype!Quote:
Originally Posted by skippy
got Thursday and Friday off, can't really make any promises about other peoples coffees, but give it a whirl and see how ya goQuote:
Originally Posted by Grimario
Alright coffeenerds, what is your favourite brand of coffee?
We might be switching suppliers, just seeing what the ppl like....
Cheers
Cassiopeia specialty coffees.
Based in katoomba.
How big, how much? etc etcQuote:
Originally Posted by front2
Where's some decent places to buy fresh roasted beans around Newcastle?
I was buying from Real Coffee at Lorn when I was living near Maitland, but I don't want to have to travel that far if I can help it.
Anyone been into the new Soul Foods location yet?
I know it's the same bunch that had Soul Foods and Orange Tree up here in Maitland and I had some very good coffees at The Orange Tree before it closed.
Check out the brand new silverskin coffeeshop in hunter st 271 or something, top bloke owns it roasts his own and won a bronze medal at the recent international coffee awards in Melbourne...
We have been using some of his stuff and been getting single origins and blends of the month still happening at work
That's half a block closer to me than Coffee on Crown... will check out on Monday.
Wait, 233 Hunter St, the old City Bakehouse building. That's almost twice the distance! Bah.
Will still check it out.
parrently 5 union has good coffee. should check it out. may have to grind a bean though.
thats the one, beans are delish hopefully he has good people on the machineQuote:
Originally Posted by Grimario
Anyone had a coffee at the Macadamia Castle near Ballina - awesome and locally produced.
The barista there guarantees that you will be satisfied otherwise a remake or refund.
Shame it will be bypassed in the future.
I see what you did there.. hahaha.. Pecker was telling me you get there to sample the beans a bit..Quote:
Originally Posted by hawk
No idea who was behind the machine, two young bearded blokes.Quote:
Originally Posted by skippy
Flavour wise, really good but not remotely hot enough and far too milky (probably as a result of not being hot enough).
a mate of mine swears by one penny black in Hunter st mall.
I had a decent cup at ground floor in Hunter st once.
Apparently darkhorse is well worth the look, a coffee shop with antique furniture shop attached - planning on taking the Mrs there for a little date. I think it's in islington
a few people at the Mrs work also love the cafe attached to the nursery just on newcastle-side of Greenhills on the main road
I've not been in the office regularly for a few months... didn't realise there was also a new place opened up in Darby St, the old Pacific Dreams building. Will be checking that out soon as well.
My office is just near Greenhills and I can't even picture where this nursery/cafe is?Quote:
Originally Posted by pv4
Heritage Gardens Nursery, at a guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bon
I think we worked out in the old foz that you and I do the opposite trips each day, Grimario..
Maito to Newy and Newy to Maito yeah?..
Sure do. House swap? My missus goes out to Charlestown 4-5 days a week for work as well. Madness.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bon
Hahaha.. Ahhh man, should have mentioned earlier.. I had been looking for someone to rent my place while I'm in Europe for 11 weeks..Quote:
Originally Posted by Grimario
Rent was going to give me a massive fisting while travelling.. Sorted now though..
Anyway, back to coffee.. As i've said previously.. I am "not allowed" to try out any other coffees around the East Maitland area due to g/f owning Slices Deli.. (I get in enough shit off her if I go to get Noodle Box or Sushi for lunch instead, haha)
"not allowed" meaning that if I go elsewhere, I keep it highly under wraps.. :blush:
you can see it from the main road. Between where the freeway-end joins the road and green hills, on your left if you're heading towards MaitlandQuote:
Originally Posted by Bon
Ahhhhhh yeah.. I was thinking you meant the literal Greenhills shopping centre..Quote:
Originally Posted by pv4
I know where it is now.. I've seen the advertising for the cafe on that main stretch a bit, never stopped in though..
Wife got oone from One Penny Black - place smelt oddQuote:
Originally Posted by pv4
Yeah I went in today as well, pretty much the same outcome tasted good but needed to be a bit hotter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grimario
Than wandered down to One Penny Black for one, it was spot on only went with the blackstar coffee, but they do single origins there as well which may be worth a shot.
Lately I have also been to Salunas on Hunter st, near the greater union, they use Di bella beans which are a Brisbane coffee they do a single origin as well. It was pretty good as well.
Coffee On Crown: Roast there own I believe, I wasn't happy with my coffee, no crema, really acid taste to it. Have heard good things from others but maybe I just got a shit one.
Glee Roasters on darby st: Just a little hole in the wall coffee shop, but roast there own as well, have been there twice had there Akiko blend, have had a really really good coffee both times, it seems to have a really high caffeine content as after 1 piccolo I have been buzzing.
Also did not realise that a pre-requisite for being a barista was having a shitty beard, every damn place.
The amount of money I spend on coffee, I am seriously considering putting in a request for a pod machine of some sort for the office.
Went in there today. Agosti Espresso. Apparently been roasting beans for a while and has a place over at Honeysuckle. Will have to go back and have another one to see how consistent they are but definitely one of the best coffees I have had in Newcastle in a long while.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grimario
Good coffee - more of a sit, down brekky sort of place rather than a takewaway. You have to walk through the gardens to get to the cottage.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bon
Have now had three coffees from there, different barista on all occasions and the coffee has been consistently fantastic. Huzzah. Now, if they took amex, I could do work lunches thereQuote:
Originally Posted by Grimario
Where in honeysuckle are the Grim? Might take the wife there - she's the coffee drinker.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grimario
No idea where the one at honeysuckle is. The one I've been to is in the old surf shop just off the corner of Hunter abs Darby.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool