Coffee Lovers Walking Tour – Melbourne
Address
Degraves St, Melbourne VIC 3004, Australia
GPS
-37.8177636, 144.9659853
Taste the best coffee in the city with the Coffee Lovers Walking tour of Melbourne’s finest coffee shops. With this walking tour, you will be able to get your caffeine fix in the morning while experiencing Melbourne’s coffee culture.
In the course of your exploration of Melbourne, you will go to four different coffee shops and cafés, try a variety of different kinds of coffee, and learn everything there is to know about making the ideal cup of coffee. For the purpose of providing a genuine local experience, this tour is limited to a small group of twelve individuals.
Highlights
- 4 handpicked venues
- 4 different styles of coffee made by expert baristas and brewers
- Expert commentary on coffee and Melbourne’s crop-to-cup story
- Small group, relaxed style
- Some extra tid-bits of local history
Continue through the best coffee shops in the town today, you can try four of the best Melbourne cups of coffee. Along the way, Melbourne listens to the tasting story about the origin of the coffee bean from producers to baristas to roasters. This is the ideal opportunity, while Melbourne’s lanes or the lovely South Melbourne market, for home lovers to talk about coffee making and Melbourne’s coffee culture–we can find some street art!
Itinerary
In the morning, you will meet your guide and a small group of no more than twelve individuals in the central business district of Melbourne. A walking tour of the city’s atmospheric laneways and markets is a great opportunity to see the city’s history. Along the route, you may stop to enjoy the beautiful street art or look inside the historic arcades.
At least four of Melbourne’s most renowned coffee shops, cafés, or market stalls should be visited, and a cup of coffee should be enjoyed at each of these establishments. Learn more about the process of manufacturing coffee, from the crop to the cup, explore the various types of coffee that are cultivated in different parts of the world, and uncover the secrets to preparing the ideal cup of coffee.
You will, of course, also learn about the inner workings of Melbourne’s coffee scene and become familiar with the vast assortment of coffees that are available on the menu. This will provide you with a wide range of options for your coffee break in the middle of your sightseeing. In the middle of Melbourne, around lunchtime, your journey will come to a conclusion.
Walk Melbourne Tours
You’ll be greeted by your friendly guide at 10am at an easy to find meeting spot. You’ll head straight into Melbourne’s famous laneways to discover cafes that you probably wouldn’t find by yourself – even locals are surprised by the locations that you visit! Hear about about how coffee came to Melbourne and your guide give you a bit of context about what you’re ordering.
You’ll start of with espresso drinks and move onto some other styles, such as filter coffee. You’ll get a really good idea of how they compare against each other. Your guide will chat about where the coffee comes from, examine some raw beans and answer all your questions. By the end of the tour and you’ll be ordering coffee like an expert from even the most complicated Melbourne coffee menu.
Along the way, you’ll wander through Melbourne’s laneways, checking out the street art and sampling coffee in at least 4 venues, and discovering many more. You’ll get a lot of personal recommendations from your tour guide and leave with a list of places to eat and drink that’s just for you. It’s a real foodies delight.
Degraves Street
This bustling laneway provides the perfect backdrop to begin our coffee odyssey. In a truly Melbourne style cafe, we learn about the how coffee got to Melbourne and how Melbourne espresso is different from it’s Italian cousin.
