Tasmania

Pilgrim Coffee

Pilgrim Coffee

After fire tore through Pilgrim Coffee in 2018, gutting the 200-year-old heritage building, the iconic Hobart café has reopened its doors.
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Clove Café

Clove Café

Clove Café in Tasmania has passed through several hands since opening in 2014, with each owner adding something new to the café.
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bear with me

Bear With Me

“Bear with me” is a phrase that comes up often is hospitality, and Alicia Liu and Viv Xiao felt it was the right tongue-in-cheek message to send when they opened their second café. “We were known for creating Vilicia Coffee [our first café], but going into a residential area and opening up a whole kitchen with food service was relatively new to us,” Alicia says.
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maxie coffee

Maxie Coffee

The greater Kingston area has one of the fastest growing populations in Tasmania. Despite its growth, Sam Whang-Randall, Owner of Maxie Coffee, says until recently, the area’s specialty coffee scene was virtually non-existent.
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Vilicia Coffee

Vilicia Coffee

As busy office workers in Hobart rush to start their day, there is one place they know they can stop for quality coffee and breakfast on the go.  Vilicia Coffee, the first child of founders Alicia Liu and Viv Xiao, has been a Murray Street staple since its arrival in 2014. While their second creation, Bear With Me, is a place to sit back and relax, Vilicia Coffee has a different dynamic that suits its CBD location.
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Meal Machines

Meal Machines

Beginning as a pre-packaged meal service aimed at fitness enthusiasts, Meal Machines near Hobart puts an emphasis on fresh and healthy food. It combines this with a play centre to accommodate parents. “I’ve created an environment that’s quite holistic,” Meal Machines Director Chris Thurlow says. “You can come in with your kids and have a coffee while they play, or go to the gym and relax afterwards with a coffee, whole fruit smoothie, or acai bowl.”
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Inside Café

Inside Café

Since taking over Inside Café two and a half years ago, Anna Gebka has grown the small business into a Launceston CBD hotspot. “The original owner had created an amazing space and it was great to add the touches required from being an operator,” Anna says. “Now we’ve established a new customer base, our reviews have gone up, we’re impressing tourists, and getting good feedback on our coffee, food, and service.”
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Velvet

Grant Muir is a saviour to the local tradies of Sorell. He’s up at 4am each day to open the doors to Velvet at 5am, ready to provide the mass of early risers with their first – and much needed – caffeine fix of the day. “The traffic going into the city is so bad that lots of rural residents try to beat the rush and leave for work earlier,” Grant says.
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La Marzocco Local to visit Hobart

La Marzocco will host its Local event in Hobart from 28 to 31 August. The event will include introductory technical workshops, home espresso classes and its traditional La Marzocco Local party. Participants in La Marzocco Local events held across Australia throughput the year will go in the draw to win a Linea Mini machine, drawn at the conclusion of the final Local event.
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