http://www.corridorkitchen.com Necessity is the mother of invention. Tue, 23 Feb 2021 23:46:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2013/11/patricia-coffee-brewers-melbourne/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2013/11/patricia-coffee-brewers-melbourne/#comments Thu, 07 Nov 2013 22:27:51 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=6003 When someone, anyone, waxes lyrical about cafes in Melbourne, their raving can generally be taken with a grain of salt. But mention Patricia Coffee Brewers and your barista’s eyes will take on a dreamy sheen. It’s the kind of place that every coffee pro dreams of opening.]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2013/11/patricia-coffee-brewers-melbourne/feed/ 5 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2013/08/assembly-carlton/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2013/08/assembly-carlton/#comments Mon, 26 Aug 2013 23:39:07 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=5749 For an espresso-free caffeine experience that’s more akin to a meditation than a coffee break, Melbourne’s Assembly may be just what the coffee guru ordered. A compact minimilist caffeine shrine in inner Carlton, Assembly is about all things coffee- all things, that is, except espresso. ]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2013/08/assembly-carlton/feed/ 2 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2013/03/black-coffee-revolution-get-brewing/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2013/03/black-coffee-revolution-get-brewing/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 06:35:57 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=5195 Manual brewing, alternative brewing, whatever you want to call it, it’s time to give it a go. DIY brewing methods such as aeropress, cold brew, pourover, syphon and their more well-known cousins such as French press and stove top coffee form another frontier in the exploration of coffee flavour. What’s more, they’re portable, cheap and easy to learn. ]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2013/03/black-coffee-revolution-get-brewing/feed/ 3 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2013/02/cafe-review-naked-espresso-melbourne-cbd/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2013/02/cafe-review-naked-espresso-melbourne-cbd/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2013 06:37:03 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=5117 The last couple of times I was in the Melbourne CBD, I made a beeline for Naked Espresso, a cute and well known place on Little Bourke Street. These guys use naked portafilters for their espresso (hence their name) but they also tick the specialty coffee box with their selection of ‘new brew’ techniques such as aeropress and pourover. This place is a coffee nerd’s paradise; their blackboards list the day’s brews complete with tasting notes, and they sell enough different beans, gadgets and paraphernalia to keep the caffeine-obsessed happy for yonks. The coffee menu changes often, with appearances from the likes of Market Lane, Axil Coffee Roasters and even Naked’s own house blend. On my most recent visit, there were couple of Market lane single O’s on offer for syphon/pourover/aeropress, the house blend for espresso-based coffees and an Axil single origin as their guest coffee.]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2013/02/cafe-review-naked-espresso-melbourne-cbd/feed/ 7 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/04/the-black-coffee-pop-up-sydney/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/04/the-black-coffee-pop-up-sydney/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:34:28 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=3396 When I say coffee, I mean espresso. So it’s easy to forget that there’s more than one way to brew a bean. Luckily, the Black Coffee Pop-up is in Sydney this week showing off the ins and outs of non-espresso coffee methods, brewing pour-over, siphon and the aero-press coffees from 19-22 April at Outré Gallery in Surry Hills.]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/04/the-black-coffee-pop-up-sydney/feed/ 8