Cafe Culture Travel Cafe in Melbourne recommends espresso

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If Italy laid its foundation in the coffee kingdom with espresso, the United States used Starbucks to roll up the global frenzy of portable coffee, while creative Melbourne kept coming up with new ideas while insisting on quality.

We had the privilege of following Ms. Maria, a veteran coffee trainer who organized the 2006 Global barista Competition, to visit the unique cafe in the city center. As a judge of many barista competitions, she is very demanding of cafes. This carefully designed "Coffee Culture Line" not only reflects the imprint left by the three coffee waves in the city, but also gives us a sense of the new concept of the current cafe and an in-depth understanding of the changes of the Melbourne Cafe.

Our first stop was Krimper, a cafe in a graffiti-strewn alley. Ms. Maria introduced us to the first feature of Melbourne Cafe: a wide variety of craftsmanship. Instead of sticking to Italian concentrate, you can taste dripping coffee, iced coffee, siphon and so on in the cafes in Melbourne. Many cafes recommend specific production methods according to the taste of different coffee beans. For example, Industry Beans, a coffee shop in Fitzroy, has a biweekly coffee menu listing different coffee beans suitable for black coffee, milk coffee and hand-brewed coffee, so that customers can get the best taste experience.

Krimper baristas make espresso, hand-brewed and drip coffee for us respectively, giving us an intuitive sense of the taste differences produced by different production methods. At the same time, Krimper is also a representative of the "industrial style" design, many cafes in Melbourne have been renovated from old warehouses, and most of the interior designs are characterized by high ceilings, simplicity and calm tone.

After Little Lonsdale Street, which is home to many Asian restaurants, Ms. Maria explains Melbourne's "fourth Coffee Wave"-the strong Asian elements integrated into the coffee culture. Old-fashioned European cafes and coffee chains such as Starbucks have been overshadowed in Melbourne, with Asian immigrants pouring into the city actively embracing the cafe culture and interpreting it with a new attitude. Whether it's pure Japanese matcha, rich spiced milk tea or Vietnamese coffee with condensed milk, it's even better than what you drink locally.

As soon as we finished, we stood in front of Hash Cafe, whose sign was the "#" sign at the door. The partner and chief barista here has an Asian background. It is best known for its hot chocolate, where customers pour thick hot chocolate on the towering, fluffy marshmallows in the cup, which gradually disappears at the bottom, adding sweetness and aroma to the imported hot chocolate. The chocolate used here comes from the very popular organic chocolate brand "Mork". There are no less than 30 cafes in Melbourne that use Mork chocolate, each with its own unique presentation to increase the fun experience of drinking coffee. Ms Maria, who worked on the design of Hash Cafe, told operators Syed and Ben that having a "bright spot" to catch the attention of customers can gain a foothold in the competitive Melbourne coffee industry.

The most famous hot chocolate in Hash Cafe

A few years ago, the menus of Melbourne cafes stuck to "super weight" and "boring pancake". Now "healthy, organic, light food" cafes have become mainstream. Raw Trader, the next stop where Maria took us, made eating dessert a guilt-free thing. Raw Trader specializes in selling a variety of vegetarian, organic, gluten-free, milk-free and sugar-free foods.

Operator Emily Samyue, a former food scientist, left the company and chose to provide customers with food that no longer feels guilty about calories. Raw Trader's storefront space chooses primitive rough wooden walls with light blue main colors, reflecting the concept of "native ingredients" advocated by the cafe.

Just seeing a dazzling array of small colored slices, you must have made the same difficulty as I did: mint chocolate cheesecake or white chocolate sea salt caramel cake? The cake menu is changed every day so that customers will not get bored. Samyue's favorites are Tira Misu and sliced cherry cake. The desserts here are more refreshing, using the taste of the food itself rather than too much sugar to increase satisfaction.

The standard of Raw Trader coffee is something to look forward to, and the store also sells a variety of healthy milkshakes, taking into account nutritional balance and taste.

Finally Maria took us into an alley where she said there was the most popular cafe in the city center: Patricia. The box at the door is full of customers in suits. There are no seats or even signs. The most attractive thing about Patricia is the integration of traditional European coffee Bar into modern elements, with men leisurely standing at the bar or window reading newspapers and chatting. Cold filter (iced hand-brewed coffee) in a small iron jug is the best drink in summer and tastes soft and pure. The handsome shopkeeper Bowen bowed his head and focused on making coffee, patiently answering customers' questions. The cafe, named after his grandmother, conveys Bowen's philosophy of giving customers high-quality coffee and valued experiences. Even for take-out cafes for office workers, Melbourne never disappoints picky customers.

Cafe address:

Krimper Cafe

Address: 20 Guildford Ln, Melbourne

Tel: (03) 9043 8844

Hash Specialty Coffee

Address: 113 Hardware Street, Melbourne

Tel: 0435 895244

Raw Trader

Address: 10 Sutherland Street Melbourne

Tel: 0478 692008

Patricia Coffee Brewers

Address: Cnr Little Bourke & Little William St. Melbourne

Website: www.patriciacoffee.com.au

Maria's "Coffee Culture Line" booking website: www.melbournecoffeetours.com.au

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