Coffee Journey 澳洲咖啡之旅: 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。