Cafe
- Opinion
- Life & relationships
My cafe is the best in the city. Coffee has nothing to do with it
We love to argue about grind size, obscure blends and pour-overs, but too rarely talk about the thing that actually determines whether a cafe matters.
- Alison Fonseca
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- Opinion
- Opinion
Here’s jeers to the $6 cafe latte (from a coffee philistine)
Just to save a few sad coins, I confess I’ve been trying those coffee sachets – permanently half-price in supermarkets.
- James Hughes
- Interactive
- Coffee
Interactive: How much coffee prices have risen in your city (and the order that’s become a ‘moneymaker’ for cafes)
Flat whites, espressos and cold brews: Here’s exactly how much more your daily caffeinated beverage costs you across Australia’s capital cities.
- Jessica Yun
In a city of endless sandwiches, this spicy, sticky toastie stands out
Gloriously textural, bright with flavours and layered with a fragrant blend of fried coconut, garlic and smoky meat, it’s spicing up Sydney’s sanga scene.
- Bianca Hrovat
- Exclusive
- Coffee
Broken records, long queues: After 25 years, has Starbucks finally figured Australia out?
In a country famous for independent cafe culture, the chain – once rejected by Australians – is achieving what many would have dismissed as impossible.
- Jessica Yun
‘Crazy jump in price’: Shoppers, farmers brace for years-long egg shortage
Bird flu outbreaks have choked the nation’s supply of eggs – and frustrated egg farmers say the proposed ban on caged eggs is exacerbating the problem.
- Jessica Yun
- Exclusive
- City life
He called his cafe a ‘Trump safe zone’ but now he’s making a comeback
Mark da Costa says he’s a different man to the one who made a string of homophobic comments in 2020. But some inner west residents will boycott his new venue.
- Angus Thomson and Anthony Segaert
Charge $7 for a coffee? Some stressed-out cafe owners would rather shut down
Stuck between soaring business costs and reduced consumer spending, cafe owners are in a “Mexican stand-off”, says Pablo & Rusty’s CEO.
- Jessica Yun
Despite all the tea in China, in Shanghai, the coffee is hot
On the streets of China’s financial and cosmopolitan hub, a caffeine-fuelled revolution is taking place.
- Lisa Visentin
- Opinion
- Real life
Why Starbucks is crashing in the US, but booming in Australia
After decades of struggling to meet our high coffee standards, Starbucks is enjoying record profits Down Under thanks to a new generation of customers.
- Shona Hendley