Nuts About Coffee
Living in the Malvern/Glen Iris locale meant I was spoilt for choice when it came to good coffee and sweet spots to sit down for a chat – The Pour Kids, 30 Mill Espresso, Third Earth, Thread Cafe, Mr Foxx, Sissi & Co just to name a few. Since moving to the Blackburn area a month ago, I have been searching high and low for a local place to hang out at.
Word of mouth led me to Red Cup Cafe. While they have a huge following in the area, I wasn’t nuts about their coffee or service. It had lots of seemingly new waitstaff hanging around waiting to be told what to do and although the coffee was okay, I didn’t want to drive all that way just for okay’ish coffee. Similarly, Coffee Hit and The Block by Coffee Hit at Doncaster Westfield had coffee I really enjoyed but they are even further from me. No, I was simply looking for something not more than a block away that I could drop in on.
Well, here is a place that I am nuts about. I’m nuts about their coffee, the ambience, the play area, the service. Appropriately, it’s named Nuts About Coffee (or Nuts Meet Beans Cafe depending on which business card you take, so even the name is a little nutty) and they serve fair-trade organic coffee as well as a wide variety of nuts and beans, grains and dried fruit.
Mike, the owner, knows how to pour a good coffee and it comes with a sticky fruit & nut slice that will have you licking your fingers. The coffee is extremely well priced at $3 – most places round here will charge $4 as a good coffee (or just coffee in general) is hard to come by – and babycinos are free (unheard of). There is a kiddy corner that will keep little ones entertained as they flick through the books, cuddle the dolls or listen out for the train going past Blackburn Station. There’s angled parking right outside and more spots behind the shops.
(doesn’t that giant bear look exhausted?)
Nuts About Coffee
80 South Parade, Blackburn Road 3130
9894 1458
March 14th, 2012 at 4:45 pm
Looks like a great cafe, and I love the sleepy bear
March 15th, 2012 at 7:59 pm
Thanks for sharing! Now I know where to go if I need a cup of good coffee. Red Cup Cafe is over priced, average and service sucks.
March 16th, 2012 at 11:00 am
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March 16th, 2012 at 1:01 pm
Looks and sounds fantastic, thank you for sharing
March 19th, 2012 at 6:20 pm
I hear you re: the price of coffee these days. I have actually started to but my own beans and make it at home now but of course, still venture out for a good ol’ brekkie. Nice find- love finding these suburban gems!
March 20th, 2012 at 1:01 pm
Liz: The only thing is not being able to have a meal at Nuts About Coffee whereas Red Cup do hot food. I’m open to suggestions of your favourites!
March 20th, 2012 at 1:02 pm
Adrian: so I hear that the price of coffee has not kept up with inflation and is under-priced… but yes I do my own coffee at home with an Aeropress these days, but it’s nice to be able to get out every now and then. I do come from cafe-culture city-living and then Malvern so…
March 20th, 2012 at 1:03 pm
Sara: Thanks, and I am open to suggestions too if you have any to share =)