Double Roasters

Double Roasters joined the neighbourhood of Marrickville only about a year ago.  It roasts its own beans each week.  Owner Scott said they wanted to ensure the freshness of beans for customers.  Because of the good roasting quality, it also does wholesale to nearby cafés.

The decoration, ranging from the old-styled things such as scales and lamps to modern style café embellishment such as fresh flowers, creates an interesting picture in the café area.

Food here is excellent.  It’s a luxury to enjoy a big breakfast here at the weekend.  There must be something you can pick in their manual, including the signature baked beans, pork belly sandwich and vegetarian choices.

Oh, the staff members are super-friendly and informative.  I am impressed by their good knowledge of their food and bean information in respect of roasting and brewing.  This gives you confidence that they can recommend food and coffee to suit your needs.

Today’s Pick:

House-blend Cappuccino: with Costa Rica based beans; toffee and caramel flavor; good and long-lasting coffee art.  I intentionally allowed the coffee to stand for several minutes.  The coffee art stood without any collapse, indicating that the milk was well-frothed.
 

Double Roasters 僅著足在Marrickville區一年左右，它每星期也會自家烘焙咖啡豆。店主之一Scott說他們想確保顧客享用新鮮的豆子。或許因這樣的執著與優質豆子，造就了這店批發的商機，有些咖啡店也來光顧買他們的豆子來造咖啡。

這兒的裝潢十分有趣，有古舊的東西如天秤與燈，也有現代咖啡店的裝飾品如新鮮花束，構成了一個很優美的構圖。

這兒的食物質素很高，週末在這兒享用一個大早餐絕對是個奢侈的享受；你可以在餐單內點用不同的食品，包括他們的招牌焗豆、豬腩肉三明治，及多種素食選擇。

職員超有禮貌，也對食物與咖啡豆有豐富的知識，這樣，的確讓你很有信心，他們能給你最好的介紹。

今天所選：

店選Cappuccino: 主要來自歌斯達黎家的豆子，拖肥與焦糖的口味。拖花做得很好也很持久，我刻意把它待數分鐘，拖花一點塌的跡象也沒有，證明奶泡是被均勻的打熱！好!!

Mon-Sun 0600-1500

199 Victoria Road, Marrickville
http://www.doubleroasters.com

Long lasting coffee art... toffee and caramel flavor of Costa Rico based beans

Poached egg

Pork belly sandwich with sour dough

Fresh flowers on each table

Knowledge of beans on the board

Soul of the shop - the roaster producing 12kg of beans per roasting cycle

Coffee Alchemy

When going to the elite cafés, I usually seek baristas’ recommendation on cafés of their choice.  ‘Coffee Alchemy’ was the one most baristas mentioned in our chats.

If you are looking for a café serving you with food alongside with your coffee, sorry, this café should not be your pick.  Instead, it uses all the efforts concentrating on roasting and brewing coffee.  No wonder there are always people for coffee there, be it on a weekday or a weekend.

Normal espresso based coffees are of excellent standards.  But don’t miss two other brewing methods.  They have cold beer brewed coffee available on Saturdays.  That sounds awesome in a summer day!  Filter drip coffee (pour-over) is good as well.  They usually have 3-4 choices for you to pick.  That gives you more fruity flavors derived from the light/medium roasted beans, moving your palate from the traditional deeply-roasted beans for espresso coffee.

Today’s Pick:

Cappuccino with the house-blended beans: strong dark-chocolate flavor; good coffee art

Filter drip coffee: Panama Don Pachi Geisha gave very fruity and citrus flavor.  I brought two friends in the trip.  They were surprised that the coffee didn’t give any bitter taste but tasted like fruit tea instead.  Not many cafés in Sydney brew Geisha beans which are expensive but are distinctive in the flavor.

24 Addison Road, Marrickville

Mon-Fri 0700-1400

Sat 0800-1500

www.coffeealchemy.com

走訪咖啡店的時候，我不時會問咖啡師他們的心水咖啡店，’Coffee Alchemy’是眾多咖啡師的首選。

假如你想找一家咖啡店享受咖啡跟其他食品，這兒絕不是理想之選；然而，這又告訴你一個事實：他們把所有精力與心機用來自家烘焙咖啡豆及沖煮。因此，不論是平日或週末，這兒絕有不少人光顧。

傳統意式咖啡的水準很高，但請別錯過另外兩種沖煮咖啡的方法。每周末，他們有以啤酒沖的咖啡，給你很雜複與特別的口味。

瀘杯沖咖啡通常有3-4種口味給你選擇，由於以淺至中度烘焙，它給你果味豐富的口感，讓你習慣了傳統意式咖啡的味蕾一份新的感受。

今日所選：

Cappuccino: 濃厚的朱古力口味，拉花也很精緻

瀘杯咖啡：巴拿馬藝伎豆(Panama Don Pachi Geisha)帶一點果酸與檸檬酸的味道，不容錯過，貴得有道理！這次帶了兩位朋友同行，他們都說，從沒想過咖啡可以是不苦的。

 

Consistently excellent latte art

The fruity taste of Panana Geisha beans!

Today's choices for filter drip (pour over): Honduras,Panama, Costa Rica and Kenya.  Behind were the beer outlets.

The beer brewed coffee.. cool for a summer day