A Melbourne institution, according to Foxy's guidebook. Like Lucia's, we don't really expect an Aussie flat white here, where it's so Italian. So our flat whites are very nice white coffees.Machine: Faema e91 AmbassadorBeans: VittoriaAB

We left Glenroy quite late this morning, after Foxy's birthday celebrations, but our Airbnb host Helen very kindly gave us a lift to the train station (because it's 20 mins walk away!). We train and tram to Brunswick, a funkier area of Melbourne, which is only 15-20 mins from the centre. Woot! After putting on some laundry, and a quick recovery nap for Foxy, we head out to explore our new neighbourhood. Sydney Road is one of the main strips in Brunswick, ...

The first shared coffee of today's coffee your, this place has consistently ranked highly when we're looking for the best Melbourne coffees. As such, I think it suffers from our high expectations. It's really good. Strong, good temperature, and good body. High density of beards in the café. There's a journey - creamy, strong, then bitter, with quite an earthy aftertaste. But it's not blowing my mind. Grinder: Victoria AnduinoMachine: La Marzo...

Ooh er. A glorious return to form for all coffee lovers out there. What smells, tastes, feelings! A takeaway cup of loveliness, a journey. Clean, toasty notes that pass through sweet and into bitter, leaving a medium strong aftertaste, but one that is perfectly lovely. Good temperature too.

Smooth, sophisticated, sumptuous. We're on a roll here today in Melbourne. A cute little laneway establishment on the famous Degraves St, this coffee was a simple, tasty flavour. Perfect temperature, and technically perfect, it was a good effort, but not outstanding.