Lowdown Espresso Bar
May 18th, 2010 § 3 Comments
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!
Coffee Obsession
September 11th, 2008 § 2 Comments
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.
