Baby its cold outside!

 To get started on a very very cold  Friday morning a girl needs her coffee!! This is also helpful to get the brain ticking and start thinking about the work day ahead.. although procrastinating about the weekend is not too far out of the question!

Janine and I decided to head local today, it was too cold to go very far from the office and the chance of rain without umbrella was quite high. (forgot my Buzz Light year!)  We headed to Cafenatics http://www.cafenatics.com.au/ which is only a short work from our Docklands office! Before my "coffee blog obsession/ New Year resolution" began, this was the cafe I went to every working day!

Busy Cafenatics!! Love the funky design

The frenetic pace of this cafe is unbelievable often with a line out the door, generally a sign good coffee is made here!!  Its  not a very relaxing cafe to have a chit chat over your mid morning latte... unless you don't mind yelling, but it does have a very funky vibe to it ! Its better once it calms down although the pace quickly picks up again around lunch time and they do a roaring trade! The Ham & Swiss Cheese flat bread is a staple for me when lunch is forgotten (or often left at home on the bench!!).Its simple yet delicious, its hard for me to order anything else! A creature of habit I call it!

My coffee today however was not showing the usual richness that it normally does. My expectations have also gone up a notch of late, so I'm not sure if this played a factor as well! I will be back.... hoping for a better coffee next time.

For lunch I wanted to go far far away from work ! Well to the other end of the city,  which feels so far away. I have been talking about my desire to go  65 degrees http://www.65degreescafe.blogspot.com/ for a long time.. so today being the coldest day, and  still battling a cold it wasn't the most sensible thing to do! These days I would do anything for coffee! How sad!

Janine and I met Laura there for some lunch and another hit of caffeine! I was hoping for a great coffee after this mornings disappointment! I have been reading great things about award winning  65 degrees... When I looked into why name a cafe 65 degrees I found out that this is the  perfect temperature milk should be in a coffee (hope that's right, someone please correct me if I'm wrong!!!) See I am learning something about coffee making every day!


Gorgeous red coffee machine!



 I asked an obviously new waitress for a Piccolo latte, I had heard about them but had always been reluctant to  try.... I had in my mind that it was a half espresso half milk, a mini latte so to speak, she told me it was a long black, so to chicken I didn't order... I now know it is a mini latte! Ah next time I will order it! I'm moving more and more out of my comfort zone everyday.

My coffee, however did not disappoint, it had very strong nutty flavour, enhanced by the soy milk.  They use Gridlock coffee here  and I can see why they have won many coffee making  championships! They  have so much pride in their coffee and their cafe.   Another one to add to my faves! (Pity its up the wrong end of town!)

Nice and Strong Soy Cappuccino

Until next time xx

PS - As part of my Blog journey, I have started to collect the business cards from these cafes so I can make myself a framed picture of my journey for 2011! Hopefully it doesn't get too big, I have no wall space in my place left!