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As part of next week’s Melbourne International Coffee Expo (more about that later) Padre along with coffee importers H & A Bennett is proud to announce we’ll be hosting an  coffee import & trade information night next Wednesday May 22nd from 7pm. Our guest for the evening will be visiting coffee trader James Kosalos, president of San Cristobal Coffee Importers and partner in Cafes Sustenables de Mexico, a company dedicated to improving the quality, sustainability and traceability of coffee crops in South and Central America.

Also a member of the Specialty Coffee Association of America’s technical standards committee, James has devoted over a decade to improving the lot of coffee growers and drinkers around the world as well as driving the movement towards standardisation and certification of coffee quality. Here at Padre, we’ve been lucky enough to see (and taste) the fruit of his labour first hand.

The night will be free and open to the public and we invite anyone interested in the development and future of the coffee industry, direct trade and crop quality to attend.

7 – 9 pm,  at
the Brunswick East Project
438-440 Lygon Street,
Brunswick East 3057

RSVPs appreciated
to 9380 8225, @padrecoffee
or padre@padrecoffee.com.au

All welcome!

Along with last week’s release of gorgeous new-season’s coffees, Padre has two special Africans also making an appearance. Check our cafes’ twitter accounts to see what’s brewing daily or pick up a bag for home either in-store or online.

Kenya Thiaru Estate

Recent crops from Kenya have been absolute stand-outs at Padre, from the cupping table to the roast room, right through the Mazzers and the Slayers all the way home to the pourovers, Chemexes and espresso machines of Melbourne and beyond.

The Thiaru Estate takes over where the Monarch left off, clean and bright in the cup with great body and unexpected sweetness in the form of malt and dark chocolate.

Hand picked, wet processed and sun dried, the Thiaru Estate hails from Nyeri, one of central Africa’s premier coffee-growing regions, with the main picking season from October to February. The Thiaru makes for a tasty espresso and is delicious with milk as well as a wonderfully fruity and aromatic filter coffee. Drink it as a Chemex, Pourover or a Syphon to taste those characteristically Kenyan syrupy fruit flavours.

Tanzania Myangayanga

A mouthful in more ways than one, the Tanzanian Myangayanga is classically big and full-flavoured with bright acidity and loads of body. For everyone that’s ever asked us for a strong coffee: this one’s for you.

From Tanzania’s Mbinga, this coffee is wonderfully representative of the region’s growth, with similarities to many of the better Kenyan coffees currently on the market. Like more than 90% of the nation’s coffee, this Tanzanian comes from small-plot farms that are family run. Wet-processed and sun dried, the Myangayanga is, an ideal filter coffee, clean and juicy through the Clover and a bright, fruity espresso with a long, flavourful finish.

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It’s Autumn in Melbourne and Padre has a whole raft of new season’s coffees to celebrate.

Our cafés tweet daily updates on what’s brewing in-store and there is no better place for advice on what (and how) to brew at home so come in, grab a coffee and have a chat with our baristas - whether it’s an espresso from our Slayers or a whole weekend’s worth of french press coffee, Padre’s the place.

What we’re drinking this April

Guatemala la Bolsa dos Rios (Lot 2)
Bright and tart, there’s an unmistakeably fruity freshness to the Bolsa microlot that’s morish as espresso and lovely and light as a filter or Clover coffee too.

One of Guatemala’s finest and best-established farms, the Bolsa dos Rios is in the Huehuetenago region on the border with Mexico. With their own school and hydroelectric plant, this premium coffee plantation is known for producing some of the region’s finest coffee, and this is no exception. This Lot stood out for the wonderful balance of sweetness and spice in the cup and we’re happy to say it makes a great filter coffee too. Grab a bag for your espresso machine or plunger or try it in-store as a Clover to really taste the marmalade.

Colombia Sandona
Colombian coffee may be an easy sell around here – rich and creamy, smooth and sweet – but even so, the Sandona Nariño deserves a special mention. The small farms of Nariño enjoy some of the region’s best coffee-growing conditions, with the triple-threat of high altitudes, rich volcanic soil and proximity to the equator basically writing the recipe for fantastic coffee.

This washed coffee will suit sweet-tooths with notes of malt and vanilla in the cup.
Delicious as espresso, it makes a mean stovetop coffee, too.

Brazil Fazenda Cambara (Lot 23)
A fantastic and unique coffee from the world’s biggest producer, this Brazilian is gorgeous and light in the cup with mild acidity, a buttery mouthfeel, toffee finish and notes of caramel and malt. Brilliant as an espresso coffee as well as a particularly soft and nuanced filter, try the Fazenda Cambara as a pourover or plunger at home or in store as a Clover.

Stay tuned too for a couple of tremendous new African coffees, coming very soon to a Padre café near you. Find us here

With the coffees coming thick and fast here at the Brunswick East Project we thought it might be time to take on something new : lunch.

No, we still don’t have a kitchen and we still won’t scramble eggs – what we do have is a small range of carefully crafted snacks and meals that we’re dying to share with you, made with love here at the yellow arches end of Lygon Street.

With a little help from our friends at the League of Honest Coffee we’ve kicked off a menu of delicious and authentic Mexican quesadillas made with the best local ingredients, including free-range Otway ham, vegies from the Queen Vic Market and handmade corn tortillas from El Cielo, Melbourne’s finest tortilleria.

They’re fast, fresh and tasty and with vegetarian and vegan options and takeaway available as well are destined to be just as popular as our (rather notorious) muffins. Come try one today!

the Brunswick East Project
438-440 Lygon Street, Brunswick East
open Monday to Saturday 7 – 5 and Sunday 8 – 4
serving lunch from 11 ’til 2.30
9381 1881 // @tbe_project

The League of Honest Coffee
8 Exploration Lane, Melbourne
Monday to Friday 7 – 5
serving lunch from 11 ’til 4
9654 0169 // @leagueofhonest

If you know Padre, you probably know that we love – love the Otto.

We’ve been fans and friends from way back, and we’re excited to have Craig Hiron, Otto’s inventor, back in-store at the Brunswick East Project for an information night on Thursday March 21^st.

Brand new in-store & online we also have two fantastic Otto accessories that – like everything Otto does – have been carefully engineered to suit their purpose and are beautiful to boot.

First up is the naked portafilter, which (aside from looking gob-smackingly good while your espresso pours) is an invaluable tool for tuning and troubleshooting a shot.

Second: the Otto tamper, the quality of which can’t really be conveyed in words. Come in. Pick one up. They’re perfect. We have them in Otto size- which at 51mm will also fit domestic espresso machines including some Sunbeams & Espros- and also a limited edition 58mm for pro baristas & commercial machines.

Come along on Thursday from 6pm to meet the maker and try Otto for yourself – it’s the real deal; fantastic espresso from a tiny machine with years of dedicated engineering and fine tuning behind it.

Call 9380 8225 or email padre@padrecoffee.com.au for more information.

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Otto Espresso Information Night -
6-7.30pm at the Brunswick East Project
438 Lygon Street, Brunswick East 3057

Following the great response to the extended opening hours at the League, the Brunswick East Project has caved to public demand and starting this week will be staying out late; pouring lattes and weighing beans until 5pm weeknights (and Saturdays, too)

From February 25th, our new opening hours are
7am – 5pm Monday to Saturday
and 8am – 4pm Sundays

The Brunswick East Project
438 – 440 Lygon Street
Brunswick East, 3057.

9381 1881
@tbe_project