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The Age
06-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
Matcha Kobo
This venue is a finalist in the best matcha and specialty drinks category in Good Food's Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025. Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025: Matcha & Specialty Drinks See all stories. Previous SlideNext Slide Cafe$$$$ Ascend two flights of stairs to this new CBD matcha haven, where shoji panels conceal a no-shoes zone with cushioned floor seating. Matcha (including a ceremonial-grade option) finds its way into everything from lattes to sweet drinks poured over house-made jams, to spritzes and even tarts. It's sourced from Uji, a city south of Kyoto, and ground in-house in a stone mill on full display.
The Age
05-06-2025
- Business
- The Age
Rosso Coffee Experience
This cafe is a finalist for best coffee in Good Food's Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025. Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025: Coffee See all stories. Previous SlideNext Slide Why just order your coffee when you can learn how to brew it yourself? Specialty roaster Rosso's experiential North Melbourne location has a make-your-own-coffee bar, where professional baristas show you how it's done. Or, of course, you can leave it to them, as at Rosso's not-quite-as-educational CBD locations. Good to know: The food menu is top stuff too, featuring brunch classics given a little twist.
The Age
05-06-2025
- Business
- The Age
Disciple & Kohi No Deshi
This cafe is a finalist for best coffee in Good Food's Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025. Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025: Coffee See all stories. Previous SlideNext Slide Cafe$$$$ The contrast between these conjoined coffee shops is as plain as black and white. Tiny Disciple is a calm den of dark wood and minimalist design dedicated to black coffee. Espresso and V60 pour-overs are priced from $5 to north of $100 for those who really want to nerd out over premium Panama Geisha. If it's a flat white you're after, head next door for milk-friendly blends and single-origins in a lighter, brighter setting.
The Age
05-06-2025
- Business
- The Age
279 Victoria St
This cafe is a finalist for best coffee in Good Food's Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025. Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025: Coffee See all stories. Previous SlideNext Slide Japanese$ Perched on a sun-drenched corner, this cafe (a sibling of Le Bajo, Hareruya Pantry and Chiaki) is a classic example of Japanese specialisation. Onigiri rice balls and top-notch coffee are the main reason you're here, and both are made with the best ingredients possible. Pour-overs might use beans from Sumatra or Rwanda, rice and nori are selected from Japan, and staff show pride and care at every turn.
The Age
05-06-2025
- Business
- The Age
Manta Ray Coffee Roasters
This cafe is a finalist for best coffee in Good Food's Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025. Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025: Coffee See all stories. Previous SlideNext Slide Cafe$$$$ This industrial but sleek cafe and roastery tucked in a back street feels like a showroom for coffee in all its forms. Serious caffeine fiends hunt it down for filter brews with notes of peach iced tea, made with beans grown in China's Yunnan province. Silky nitrogen filter coffee is combined with rosewater, but it's also possible to experience one of the most perfect flat whites of your life. Good to know: Sit at the bar and watch the siphons bubble and pour-overs drip.
