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Ice, ice, coffee: Five cool espresso drinks and desserts to make this weekend

What’s cooler than being cool? Ice-cold! Here are five ways to get your daily caffeine fix on a sweltering day.

Coffee on tap at Single O cafe in Surry Hills, Sydney.

Espresso-meets-cocktail bars, high-tech tools at home: 10 coffee trends to tap into, right now

From next-level gadgetry to improve your espresso to unbridled creativity in iced drinks, here’s what’s brewing in the caffeine scene.

  • Emma Breheny
Spare a thought for the poor barista, who has to deal with crushes and creeps, crashing bores, cryptic names and crazy orders.

Yes, queuing for your morning coffee can be chaos, but spare a thought for the barista

I’ve often watched a barista in full flight in the caffeine peak hour and thought it looked like the worst kind of hell, as workplaces go.

  • Neil McMahon
Barista Sarah Millard at William Angliss Institute’s Tram Cafe on La Trobe Street.

Melbourne’s tram restaurant may be gone, but we now have a tram cafe

And it’s serving coffee at prices that feel as retro as its jaunty colour scheme.

  • Emma Breheny
We often crave “bad” foods when we feel stressed.

The foods to avoid when you’re feeling stressed (and six simple snacks to reach for instead)

Do all your healthy eating habits go out the window when you’re under pressure? Here’s how to bust the stress snacking habit.

  • Miranda Levy
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Melbourne cafes are creating extensive menus of iced drinks that turn heads, as iced coffee enters a new phase.

The new iced coffee is fizzy, foamy − and might not even contain coffee

Melbourne cafes are racing to outdo each other with next-gen iced drinks. Plus five cool new iced coffees to try.

  • Emma Breheny
Cookie Boonhoi and Maima Thanawarankul drink a Cold Brew and Espresso Yuzu Fizz at Ickle Coffee in Kingsgrove.

Why is iced coffee even more expensive than the hot stuff? And Gen Z are obsessed

Despite the average price of iced coffee now above $8 per cup, iced coffee is more popular than ever. Sydney cafe owners reveal the reasons behind the hikes.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Maia is the new Lewisham cafe from the owner of Ashfield Apothecary.

Melbourne-style micro-cafe Maia is the quality coffee spot Lewisham locals have been waiting for

A hidden suburban gem serving banh mi-inspired smoked chicken sangas and house-roasted speciality coffee.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Mali Bakes’ new hole-in-the-wall in Fitzroy.

Eat cake and carry on at Melbourne’s 40 best cafes of 2023

Cavernous or cosy, hole-in-the-wall or hybrid wine bar, the best cafes are reliable, welcoming and always cheery.

  • Larissa Dubecki and Dani Valent
Genovese Coffee House in Alexandria.

Coffee, tea, onigiri? The Sydney cafe isn’t what it used to be (plus 20 that are acing it right now)

Just about anything can identify as a cafe these days, from a bakery with two stools to an art gallery or a showcase for heritage and invention.

  • Jill Dupleix