Comments on: Melbourne Coffee Crawl – Part 3 http://hum.phrey.net/2009/08/22/melbourne-coffee-crawl-part-3/ A blog about coffee, travelling adventures, and nerdy stuff. Thu, 13 May 2010 04:04:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: William http://hum.phrey.net/2009/08/22/melbourne-coffee-crawl-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-43 William Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:51:20 +0000 http://wp.phrey.net/blog/2009/08/22/melbourne-coffee-crawl-part-3/#comment-43 I worked at Chapel Bakery Cafe. Our coffee was organic, it was ok I guess. Not the greatest. So you're writing about a cafe that's just off glenferrie road? I'm going to take a stab and say that it's "Liar Liar" that you're talking about! I worked at Chapel Bakery Cafe. Our coffee was organic, it was ok I guess. Not the greatest.

So you’re writing about a cafe that’s just off glenferrie road?

I’m going to take a stab and say that it’s “Liar Liar” that you’re talking about!

]]> By: Humphrey Murray http://hum.phrey.net/2009/08/22/melbourne-coffee-crawl-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Humphrey Murray Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:48:37 +0000 http://wp.phrey.net/blog/2009/08/22/melbourne-coffee-crawl-part-3/#comment-42 Glad to see you're excited about the next blog post Will! It's almost there. I just need to find a few more spare minutes to write about a cafe that is located just off glenferrie road. Then the next post will be published! When I started this blog, I mis-judged how long writing posts would take :-P Talking about glenferrie road, which cafe did you work in there? Yeah, you're probably right about rent effecting the price of coffee. What's weird though, is that all the really good places don't seem to charge more than about $3.50 for a brew. It always seems to be the mainstream/dodgy places that charge > $4. Glad to see you’re excited about the next blog post Will! It’s almost there. I just need to find a few more spare minutes to write about a cafe that is located just off glenferrie road. Then the next post will be published! When I started this blog, I mis-judged how long writing posts would take :-P

Talking about glenferrie road, which cafe did you work in there?

Yeah, you’re probably right about rent effecting the price of coffee. What’s weird though, is that all the really good places don’t seem to charge more than about $3.50 for a brew. It always seems to be the mainstream/dodgy places that charge > $4.

]]> By: William http://hum.phrey.net/2009/08/22/melbourne-coffee-crawl-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-41 William Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:09:39 +0000 http://wp.phrey.net/blog/2009/08/22/melbourne-coffee-crawl-part-3/#comment-41 Hey when do we get part 5? I'm dying here! Maybe you're leaving it for a while because Stu has already jumped the gun on quite a good coffee post on the bulgaria post. Hey when do we get part 5? I’m dying here!

Maybe you’re leaving it for a while because Stu has already jumped the gun on quite a good coffee post on the bulgaria post.

]]> By: William http://hum.phrey.net/2009/08/22/melbourne-coffee-crawl-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-36 William Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:04:42 +0000 http://wp.phrey.net/blog/2009/08/22/melbourne-coffee-crawl-part-3/#comment-36 haha yeah that's true. I worked at a cafe on glenferrie road, and it was about a kilmetre up from the busy train station section (where safeways was a and everything else). My boss said the rent was triple of the price, even though we were only a kilometre away! nuts. Also if coffee shops are renting in rich places, even if they do make good coffee, it'll be a rip off. haha yeah that’s true.

I worked at a cafe on glenferrie road, and it was about a kilmetre up from the busy train station section (where safeways was a and everything else).

My boss said the rent was triple of the price, even though we were only a kilometre away! nuts.

Also if coffee shops are renting in rich places, even if they do make good coffee, it’ll be a rip off.

]]> By: Humphrey Murray http://hum.phrey.net/2009/08/22/melbourne-coffee-crawl-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Humphrey Murray Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:19:08 +0000 http://wp.phrey.net/blog/2009/08/22/melbourne-coffee-crawl-part-3/#comment-35 Will: Hooray for monday mornings! I stayed home to try and get over this cold and watched too much top gear :-) Yeah, all of these cafes are pretty good. And they only get better from here on in. I also agree about how hard it is to get good CBD coffee. I've got a theory though: Good location + good building (i.e. nice place near mall) would have high overheads such as rent. Therefore they would need to be VERY business minded and would have to make as much profit as possible. They would use cheaper beans, and care more about making money than good coffee. On the other hand, many of the awesome cafe's that are on (or will be on) this list are in really old buildings or warehouses and are in kinda not awesome locations. So they would have lower overheads, and can therefore spend more time focusing on the quality of coffee. It's just a theory, but yeah. And yes, we do venture future from the CBD than we already have. Hopefully not too long to wait - I'm already about 2/3rds done on the next post. Will: Hooray for monday mornings! I stayed home to try and get over this cold and watched too much top gear :-) Yeah, all of these cafes are pretty good. And they only get better from here on in.

I also agree about how hard it is to get good CBD coffee. I’ve got a theory though: Good location + good building (i.e. nice place near mall) would have high overheads such as rent. Therefore they would need to be VERY business minded and would have to make as much profit as possible. They would use cheaper beans, and care more about making money than good coffee.

On the other hand, many of the awesome cafe’s that are on (or will be on) this list are in really old buildings or warehouses and are in kinda not awesome locations. So they would have lower overheads, and can therefore spend more time focusing on the quality of coffee.

It’s just a theory, but yeah. And yes, we do venture future from the CBD than we already have. Hopefully not too long to wait – I’m already about 2/3rds done on the next post.

]]> By: Humphrey Murray http://hum.phrey.net/2009/08/22/melbourne-coffee-crawl-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Humphrey Murray Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:05:45 +0000 http://wp.phrey.net/blog/2009/08/22/melbourne-coffee-crawl-part-3/#comment-34 Awesome Elly! Yeah, those chairs are pretty rad. I like how they have made art out of things that would normally be taken to the tip :-) Headache... ha ha :-P Yeah, I think we walked past it because we (well I was at least) expecting a modern & large cafe, not sure small old-school themed place. I like the old-school-trash theme though. It's rad! Awesome Elly! Yeah, those chairs are pretty rad. I like how they have made art out of things that would normally be taken to the tip :-) Headache… ha ha :-P

Yeah, I think we walked past it because we (well I was at least) expecting a modern & large cafe, not sure small old-school themed place. I like the old-school-trash theme though. It’s rad!

]]> By: William http://hum.phrey.net/2009/08/22/melbourne-coffee-crawl-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-33 William Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:46:13 +0000 http://wp.phrey.net/blog/2009/08/22/melbourne-coffee-crawl-part-3/#comment-33 Hey Humphrey, My monday morning as usual brings about a pretty dull mood, but once I found out that the latest coffee crawl post was up I did a small fist pump into the air before hitting the Humph blog button from my firefox favourites. Gotta say, things are starting to heat up in this list! (that is until you review an iced coffee... get it...) Anyway, it's interesting to find another CBD coffee place to get in the list. I've been living in Melbourne for a while, and its probably true that most clowns who come to Melbourne must think that all the best cafe's etc are located in the CBD. I hate finding anywhere to drink, or relax in the CBD. Most cafes are just cluttered, noisy and just not comfortable at all. Of course there are a few gems, like the places you've already mentioned - but my favourite cafes always seem to be buried in the suburbs. So far you've been to Parkville, Richmond and Abbostford, I'm interested to see if you travelled any further from the fabled cbd, and if any of them made it into the top ten! Also, you should check out this website - its more to do with Breakfast - but the cafes reviewed on this website is great - and my girlfriend likes to consult this before we "breakfast out" so to speak on weekends! http://www.breakfastout.com.au/ Hey Humphrey,

My monday morning as usual brings about a pretty dull mood, but once I found out that the latest coffee crawl post was up I did a small fist pump into the air before hitting the Humph blog button from my firefox favourites.

Gotta say, things are starting to heat up in this list! (that is until you review an iced coffee… get it…)

Anyway, it’s interesting to find another CBD coffee place to get in the list. I’ve been living in Melbourne for a while, and its probably true that most clowns who come to Melbourne must think that all the best cafe’s etc are located in the CBD.

I hate finding anywhere to drink, or relax in the CBD. Most cafes are just cluttered, noisy and just not comfortable at all. Of course there are a few gems, like the places you’ve already mentioned – but my favourite cafes always seem to be buried in the suburbs.

So far you’ve been to Parkville, Richmond and Abbostford, I’m interested to see if you travelled any further from the fabled cbd, and if any of them made it into the top ten!

Also, you should check out this website – its more to do with Breakfast – but the cafes reviewed on this website is great – and my girlfriend likes to consult this before we “breakfast out” so to speak on weekends!

http://www.breakfastout.com.au/

]]> By: Ellyyyyyyyy http://hum.phrey.net/2009/08/22/melbourne-coffee-crawl-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Ellyyyyyyyy Sun, 23 Aug 2009 03:22:35 +0000 http://wp.phrey.net/blog/2009/08/22/melbourne-coffee-crawl-part-3/#comment-30 First comment! Yay! First Pour: The first thing I remembered about this place after reading your review was having our coffees served to us in takeaway cups without being asked if we were planning on staying or not. Now I look back and think 'We all spoke ENGLISH. Why don't we ever make ourselves more clear?' Just having a cross-cultural whinge day perhaps :P But yeah, makes sense cos it's not the best atmosphere...did you find it really dim? Also, the cups made him lazy, therefore we got 'boring hearts.' Brother Baba Budan: Chairs are awesome :D We took my mum here, who we're still training to say 'flat white' instead of 'cappucino.' It was our first coffee stop that trip. We didn't walk past cos Stu had been peering thru windows in anticipation and noticed the Synesso. Don't remember it very well...might've had a headache... Just wanted to say we'd been there :D I believe Stu may comment as well, with something more useful. Or nerdy :P First comment! Yay!

First Pour:
The first thing I remembered about this place after reading your review was having our coffees served to us in takeaway cups without being asked if we were planning on staying or not. Now I look back and think ‘We all spoke ENGLISH. Why don’t we ever make ourselves more clear?’ Just having a cross-cultural whinge day perhaps :P But yeah, makes sense cos it’s not the best atmosphere…did you find it really dim?
Also, the cups made him lazy, therefore we got ‘boring hearts.’

Brother Baba Budan:
Chairs are awesome :D
We took my mum here, who we’re still training to say ‘flat white’ instead of ‘cappucino.’ It was our first coffee stop that trip. We didn’t walk past cos Stu had been peering thru windows in anticipation and noticed the Synesso.
Don’t remember it very well…might’ve had a headache…
Just wanted to say we’d been there :D

I believe Stu may comment as well, with something more useful. Or nerdy :P

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