There is a good reason why #Melbourne is called a coffee capital of the world lol . In #Coburg, a small suburb located 8 kms north from Melbourne's CBD and where I have lived for the last 10 years, there are so many cafés it is hard for me to count them all. Most of them are located on #Sydney Road- a road that heads towards New South Wales border and being one of the busiest roads in #Victoria (but still very popular with cyclists).
You can get any coffee you want here but the most popular types are cappucino, latte, machiato, espresso, long black, flat white and chai latte. I usually order large almond milk latte at Twin's Café at Folly's Mall and Eddie who's an owner of the place really knows how to make it. It's the best coffee you can get and with my regular customer discount costs A$5 instead of A$6.5 somewhere else . It takes 10 minutes to walk there though (unless you take tram 19 ) so sometimes I buy my coffee at Crossroads Cafe , 1 min walk from my home.
Of course you have Starbuck's and Gloria Jean's and Brunetti if you want to travel to Melbourne or Carlton but in my opinion it's completely unnecessary. In Brunswick, Fitzroy and Coburg you can get the best quality coffees for lower prices than in the city. McDonald's sells McCafe coffees here too so there are really plenty of options to choose from when it comes to coffee places nearby. I usually do not eat breakfasts but if you like croissant or brownie or a foccacia with your coffee- you can be served that everywhere. What's interesting is that bagels are not very popular in Melbourne but muffins or crossbuns - yes.
If buying coffee at a café is a waste of money for you , I completely understand that. A 200g jar of roasted coffee costs only $4 in Safeway or Coles and lasts weeks. I drink my coffee with almond milk which you can get everywhere and it's way healthier than lactose milk plus has 80% less calories than cow's milk. Unfortunately most of cafes charge extra dollar or two when you order a coffee with almond milk. I hope it will change one day and the price will be the same regardless the milk you are ordering.
