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Is your morning brew actually healthy? Eight benefits of drinking black coffee

From reducing the risk of diabetes to staving off Alzheimer’s and cancer, your daily caffeine hit may be more powerful than you realise.

  • Emily Craig
Karl van Buuren and Josh Uljans, Moon Dog Brewery, Footscray.

Moon Dog’s Footscray brewpub ready to pour first beers after launch debacle

A fire hydrant has stopped the kegs from running at a brewpub set to open on a site many Melburnians hold dear. But the end is in sight.

  • Emma Breheny
Cut Lunch Deli. Bacon, egg and cheese focaccia with chilli oil mayo. Randwick, August 23, 2022. Photo: Rhett Wyman/SMH .

10 great cafes open today for your Anzac Day coffee and carb fix

Of course, surcharges will apply, but it will be worth it for that sweet, sweet caffeine (and sandwich) hit.

If the option was between Iggy Pop or John Farnham, I walked away thinking, maybe I am a Sadie after all.

I live in Brunswick East and drink flat whites. Now I’m engaged in a sordid affair

As a Melburnian, your coffee order signals a certain sense of taste. So what happens when you decide you’re not a flat white person anymore?

  • Bianca O'Neill
The cinnamon babka with cream cheese icing.

10 beaut places open today for your Anzac Day coffee and pastry fix

Of course, surcharges will apply, but it will be worth it for that sweet, sweet caffeine (and cake) hit.

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Jade Morgan is the manager at Leeroy cafe in Vermont. The suburb has the highest median coffee price in Melbourne.

Where to find the cheapest and most expensive coffee in Melbourne

The price of a cup of coffee in Melbourne varies wildly depending on which suburb you order it in. Search our interactive graphic to find out how coffee prices compare in your suburb.

  • Cara Waters
Guy Grossi likes a daily espresso, but the most popular coffee order at his restaurant Grossi Florentino is a latte.

Guy Grossi drinks espresso, but most Melburnians like to add milk. Find out your suburb’s most popular coffee order

Our deep dive into Melburnians’ preferred coffee orders tells a story of changing tastes. Use the interactive to find out where your suburb sits on Melbourne’s cappuccino curve.

  • Cara Waters
Peter Dunn and his 20 month old daughter Eleanora on the Dunn’s North Blackwood spud farming family farm in Central Victoria. They’ll be part of the Trentham Spudfest, a festival celebrating all things potato.

Goodbye music festivals, hello food festivals? Where to plan your next regional road trip

From community-led harvests, to cheese and bread workshops with Australia’s best, regional food festivals have a lot to offer – and they’re booming. Here’s our pick of five to visit this autumn.

  • Bianca Hrovat

What is the best way to store a bottle of port if it has a screwcap?

The bottle cap doesn’t need to be kept wet like cork does. Just don’t call it “vintage port”.

  • Huon Hooke
Josh Uljans (left) and Karl van Buuren on the rooftop of their new Footscray venue, Moon Dog Wild West.

How a cobbled-together ‘Franken-brewery’ became a craft-beer juggernaut

This local brewer does venues with childlike imagination, and beers and seltzers that are now quintessentially Melbourne. We find out where it all began and what’s to come.

  • Tomas Telegramma

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