Sunshine Coast cafes reveal biggest coffee drinkers and money spent
From influencers to morning fitness fans, the morning cuppa is hard to put a price on for many. Read what’s being spent on coffee on the Coast and the more bizarre orders.
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The Sunshine Coast is home to an abundance of beautiful cafes, catering to a range of coffee lovers such as tradies, morning joggers, and even young children who need a babyccino to get through their day.
The region has become a hotbed for all things caffeine in recent years as several roasteries have cropped up across the Sunshine Coast.
It follows the establishment of the Sunshine Coast Coffee Roasters Guild back in 2015.
Identifying that several operators were facing the same challenges, the guild was launched to try and establish the region as a coffee destination.
The six members of the Australian-first initiative were Montville Coffee, Pioneer Coffee Roastery, The Colombian Coffee Co, Flying West Coffee Roasters, Padre Coffee and Tim Adams Specialty Coffee.
While many people enjoy a cup of coffee every now and then, the Sunshine Coast Daily has discovered some of the biggest coffee lovers in the region and how much they could be spending each year on coffee alone.
Check out our list of 10 cafes on the Sunshine Coast who have given us the drum on how much people are willing to spend on their daily cuppa.
Old Bean Espresso
Old Bean Espresso along the beachfront of Mooloolaba said its chief coffee drinker was a real estate agent who dropped by up to four times a day every day, meaning he could be drinking about $130 worth of coffee a week.
Old Bean Espresso manager Ella Block, 20, said the most unusual coffee she made was a coffee with half caffeine, half decaf.
Cenzo’s Cafe And Pizzeria
Cenzo’s Cafe and Pizzeria manager Jess Ramsay said her most regular coffee drinker ordered a $4.30 cappuccino 3-4 times a day every day.
BOMBA Coffee House
BOMBA Coffee House, a hidden gem along Burnett St, Mooloolaba, said its most regular customers were a group of about eight older men who came in nearly every morning for a $5 cup of coffee each.
BOMBA Coffee House owner Beck Payne said the group, who she said called themselves the “beach bums”, had arrived in the early morning after swimming in the ocean almost every day for more than a year.
Hamptons Espresso
Hamptons Espresso manager Hollie Donaldson, 32, said her biggest fan was Tracy Bryant who on average spent about $50 a week on her go-to cappuccino on skim milk.
Ms Donaldson said the strangest order she’d received was a complicated masterpiece: a water strength, regular flat white with half almond milk, half oat milk, a vanilla syrup, with a third of it being boiling water.
As far as interesting feedback, a customer advising the long black was too watery ranked up right up at the top of the list.
Criminal Coffee Company:
The Criminal Coffee Company along Sixth Ave, Maroochydore said its biggest fan was Simone Sullivan, spending nearly $40 a week on her cappuccino.
Across a year, she would’ve sunk nearly $2,000 on coffee.
Ms Sullivan, also a social media influencer with about 22,000 followers on Instagram, said she was happy to spend up on coffee as it was part of her morning routine, good for her soul, and supported a local business with “amazing” staff and coffee.
“The coffee there just hits different,” she said.
Milk and Beans Coffee House
Jade Blackmore, barista of Milk and Beans Coffee House, said her most regular customer was a father of about seven children who could order up to six $5.50 coffees a day, four times a week.
Good Bean Mooloolaba
Good Bean Mooloolaba in the heart of Mooloolaba said one of its biggest drinkers was to a group of five men in their 60s, spending about $175 on coffee as a group each week.
Good Bean Mooloolaba owner Tripth Singh said the dedicated group would be waiting outside the cafe every morning before the cafe even opened.
“If they don’t come, I have to ask someone if everything is OK,” he said.
Quarterdeck Espresso Bar Restaurant
Quarterdeck Espresso Bar Restaurant along the beachfront in Mooloolaba said one of its most-frequent customers was an older women who ordered an almond milk, flat white every day, costing about $40 a week.
Schwenkee Espresso
Schwenkee Espresso along River Esplanade, Mooloolaba said its most-frequent coffee lovers were a group of between eight to 15 men, who popped in every day for a $5 coffee every day.
Schwenkee Espresso owner Kiara Stegman said they were “very faithful” and had been coming to her upbeat cafe for about three or four years.
Black Fox Cafe Bar
Black Fox Cafe Bar along the Mooloolaba Esplanade said its top regular bought a $7.50 almond milk, flat white jumbo every day, bringing their total to more than $2600 a year.
Black Fox Cafe Bar Syamy O’Thollo said her strangest order was a jumbo chai mocha with chocolate – a $10 cup of coffee.
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