Cafes Mornington Peninsula: Commonfolk Coffee, Mornington takes title
A desire to change the world, one cup at a time, helped make this cafe the best on the Mornington Peninsula.
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Bean hunters know they are getting much more than a hit of caffeine when they visit Commonfolk Coffee.
They are joining a campaign to use coffee to change the world.
“Brewing great coffee and serving tasty food is just the start for us,” owner Sam Keck said.
“We’ve created a real community of people who want to make a difference.”
The Mornington cafe has just been voted the best on the Mornington Peninsula by Leader readers as part of the Delicious Local program.
“Having that support from our customers means everything,” Mr Keck said.
“We couldn’t achieve anything without it.”
The Mornington cafe gives 20 cents from every coffee sold to The Cup That Counts initiative, designed to support a sustainable specialty coffee industry.
Funds from the scheme were used to help establish Zukuka Bora Coffee Company – a collective that works directly alongside small scale coffee farmers on Mt Elgon, Uganda.
The company was started in 2014 and is now in the running to win a prestigious Pearl of Africa coffee award.
The Cup That Counts also helped fund a youth training cafe in partnership with Tanti Park Social Enterprises.
As well as helping some of the region’s most vulnerable find work, HomeGround provides healthy and affordable coffee and food and a community hub.
Commonfolk has also been known to dabble in a little weird science.
In 2018 the cafe joined forces with the CSIRO and research and development corporation Hort Innovation to create a broccoli latte.
The bright green drink was designed to cut vegetable waste.
Delicious Local campaign ambassador Matt Preston said the search for best cafe was just the start of a push to help drive a food-led rebound from the effects of COVID.
“It’s clear from the vast number of nominations and votes we saw come in that local communities are rallying around their favourite eateries; supporting those food businesses who have done it tough over the past 12 months. That is exactly what we set out to achieve.”
“And this is just the beginning. Our local cafe winners are soon to appear in a statewide battle of the postcodes where the cream will rise to the top – as it always does! Don’t forget to have your say by checking out your state finalists and voting for your favourite.”
“Make sure you keep following this fantastic search and supporting your local winners – next up we’ll be on the lookout for best pizza, so get thinking …”
