The Premises and Proud Mary

Now Sundays in my world always call for lots and lots of coffee!! Must be the imminent sign that Monday is around the corner and the only thing to get me through is some good old caffeine! Its definitely my kick start to the day anyway. 
When I woke the first thing I did was try my St Ali beans... they were fantastic, although its just not the same flavour or experience you get when its made at home.. it was good, but I wont be doing it everyday. 


After that I tried a couple of places, one on my MCR list and another that I think should be on the list!


The Premises in Kensington (the one not on the list of 100) is becoming almost a local for me and it is only a hop, skip and jump away. This morning I went there with Sarah for a kid free coffee which is very rare, especially for Sarah. The place was busy, but we managed to get a good table tucked away at the back.
The coffee here is very tasty, they use beans from Seven Seeds, so they can hardly go wrong! The food is also delish. I ordered Fruit toast with jam,  the bread had squillions of apricots and figs- just yummy and kept me going all day (although maybe that was the caffeine!)
Ill be back here again and again and wont be at all surprised if this one makes the list in 2012! It certainly gets my vote!
Next off I trekked to Collingwood. (The thought of not having a car for 4 weeks has struck fear into me - how am I going to go for a month not being able to try new coffee with out a car???)
So I picked a "3 beaner" relatively close and made the journey over to Smith St!
Proud Mary is tucked down a side st off the main Collingwood strip and as it said in its review would be "pumping" with people on the weekend. I think that's the longest I have waited  for a takeaway coffee so I couldn't wait to taste! It was worth it, the single origin coffee was so smooth, I could drink it all day long!  It was out of this world and if that happens when you have a takeaway you are onto a winner.  I will come back here on a day off as I loved the feel of the place  (and the look of the menu). I especially loved the shiny sky blue cups they use for coffee, they were gorgeous! I'm going to have to try and find me some!

Plus the raspberry slice Darby had was very tasty, even with fruit in its name I don't think it was at all healthy, oh well it  helped him feel contented waiting FOREVER and helped me soak up some of that coffee buzz.....


By the afternoon I was having serious heart palpitations so I think I will stick to my usual one coffee tomorrow and not go overboard... 
I think without a car,  February will be my month of trying places locally and in the city.. there are heaps to try there and it will get me out on my lunch breaks and do some serious coffee hunting
Until next time  xxx