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Lowdown Espresso Bar

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Paid a visit to the relatively recently opened Lowdown Espresso Bar yesterday.  Their short macchiato and flat white ticked all the boxes for me.  Nice to see them adopting a “Melbourne approach” to their pricing structure too. That is, charging a fair rather than exorbitant amount for great coffee.

Lowdown are tucked away in Cloisters Arcade off Hay Street near His Majesty’s Theatre.

Worth a visit if you’re in the neighbourhood.  They’re passionate about what they do.  I like that!

If you’d like a more in-depth analysis of what to expect visit Cafe Grendel’s blog about Lowdown

Lowdown Espresso Bar

Open weekdays 7am – 5pm

16A Cloisters Arcade,

Hay Street, Perth

Ph 9226 3041

http://www.lowdownespresso.com.au/

PS.  This area’s fast filling with other great cafes.  Check out the comments on this post for more recommendations from my fellow coffee fiends!

Baroque Café at the UWA

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The Baroque Café

3pm Sunday May 3rd
Winthrop Hall (recital style), University of Western Australia
Enjoy the exquisite colours and nuances of the music of the French Baroque masters and some of their Italian influences, including Mascitti, Bernier, Lambert and Montéclair. Experience a fabulous Essenza coffee with the artists after the performance.

2.30pm PRE CONCERT TALK by PROFESSOR DAVID TUNLEY

Soloists
Soprano – Sara Macliver
Mezzo Soprano – Fiona Campbell
Violins – Paul Wright, Lucinda Moon
Flute – Philip Murray
Cello – Noeleen Wright
Keyboard – Stewart Smith
Bass – Elizabeth Browning

THIS CONCERT IS PROUDLY SPONSORED BY

For more information about further Festival Baroque concerts go to the Solo to Symphony website

Coffee Obsession

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If I do go out for coffee, it’s gotta be good for a whole raft of reasons including the barista and coffee quality. Some local cafés kicking goals in Perth in my book are Tiger Tiger, Boucla, and Epic Espresso.

Perth’s recently become far more educated in its coffee culture in spite of the fact that DOME originated here.  Nothing against Dome personally, just find it impersonal.  A café version of Maccas.

If you like to do coffee at home and have the implements to do so there’s some great roasters here. Five Senses, Fiori, Essenza and many others besides.  This means that its possible to get freshly roasted beans virtually anywhere, anytime.  You don’t have to spend a fortune with them either and this means supporting a local industry as opposed to buying in Segafreddo, Lavazza et al.  Nothing against them either.  Just like supporting local businesses.

I love the daily quest for pouring the “perfect” espresso in the morning.  Getting the right amount of brown liquid out of the machine in around 20 seconds.  Then, if I remember to buy it, texturing milk so its creamy, not foamy.  Hot but not burnt.

My  favourite implements are my Rancilio Miss Silvia with matching Rocky grinder at home.  At work, the Presso’s enabled great shots of coffee without having to lug a huge machine between venues.  btw, the following video is not by me or about me but I love its’ creator’s work.  Very cool.

I could be called a coffee obsessive.  I would take that as a compliment.