And a food debate gets grubby.
An urban myth for the bucket list.
And an international roast for coffee snobs.
As tyre sales go through the roof.
Before someone greases their palm reader.
Australians have quickly become the world’s most painful coffee snobs – our Olympians even brought their own baristas to Paris.
Three masters of the espresso machine explain why it takes more than an excellent brew to make the perfect coffee shop experience.
Like Seinfeld’s famed “soup Nazi”,my local coffee shop treats its customers with contempt. But I can’t bring myself to walk away.
And fireys are a crack outfit.
At one end,multinationals are buying small coffee roasters and at the other end cafe owners are building relationships with individual farmers. Australia’s coffee scene is,well,complicated.