The Brunswick East Project
New Melbourne Cafe Concept – a coffee ‘think-tank’
The Brunswick East Project chooses to pose a question about coffee, rather than pretending to know all the answers. And the question goes something like this – what would happen if we gathered all the baristi (aka mad espresso-heads) in the Brunswick East area and asked them to contribute to our understanding of coffee? Sort of a coffee ‘think tank’ if you will.
The result is still a work in progress, but these keen coffee enthusiasts have taken their passion for coffee to a new level by going into production for themselves, and they are producing some very interesting results along the way.
So don’t be surprised if you find some of the industry’s ‘top gun’ baristas doing a guest stint behind the gleaming Synesso Cyncra coffee machine, or manning the shiny 10kg capacity Has Garanti roaster.
It’s a brave business that throws opens its doors to any and all who feel they may have something to contribute. But it takes a brave individual to put their hand up and suggest that they have something to offer – a coffee fanatic perhaps, or a coffee purist? Either way, attracting the coffee enthusiast is the exact target that these likable lads are aiming for.
Some comfortable chairs at the front and back of the store provide welcome relief for the weary, and the communal timber table with matching bar stools is just the place to sit and read the paper whilst sipping on your coffee. The food offerings are slim pickings here; just a selection of cakes to complement the coffee. And I expect that’s just how the owners and staff of The Brunswick East Project like it. After all, at the end of the day, it’s all about the coffee, and we like that too.
Reviewed September ‘08 [PS]
438 Lygon Street
Brunswick East VIC 3057
Tags: barista, Brunswick East Project, cafes, cafes australia, coffee, espresso, espresso coffee, Melbourne cafes
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