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Jane de Graaff’s hot chocolate with marshmallow.

The secret to making the smoothest hot chocolate at home this winter

One of Australia’s top chocolatiers reveals the one step you cannot skip when making a velvety cup.

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A 32-year study of more than 47,000 women has found a link drinking coffee and healthy ageing.

Drinking coffee linked to better ageing in women, new study finds

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Disciple Roasters specialise in black coffee while next door sibling venue Kohi No Deshi serves white coffee.

Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025: Coffee

Nirvana coffee.

Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025: Coffee

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Headlands in Summer Hill.

Headlands Coffee

This cafe is a finalist for best coffee in Good Food’s Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

Layered dark hot chocolate with baked crema Catalana custard and aniseed sugar.

Melbourne’s essential cafes for matcha and specialty drinks

From mont blancs to nom chompoo, here are some of our favourite cafe drinks beyond the flat white.

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Freshly brewed coffee at Market Lane’s Queen Street location at Queen Victoria Market.

Melbourne’s essential cafes for coffee

In a field with no shortage of quality, these spots are the crema of the crop. Find a den of dark wood serving long blacks, coffee ceremonies at an Ethiopian cafe and more.

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Customers outside Artificer, Surry Hills.

Sydney cafes aren’t what they used to be. They’re better

While Bill Granger’s legacy of avo on sourdough lives on, Sydney’s cafe scene has stretched across suburbs, cultures and generations to create something new. We celebrate the pioneers and newcomers in Good Food’s Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Artificer Coffee in Surry Hills.

Sydney’s essential cafes for coffee

The roasters and baristas are doing it better at these 10 venues. There’s a cool basement CBD cafe, a next-gen spot with caffeinated raves and many smooth flat whites.

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Primary Coffee Roasters in Potts Point.

Primary Coffee

This cafe is a finalist for best coffee in Good Food’s Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

Nirvana coffee from Finca Deborah.

Ona Coffee

This cafe is a finalist for best coffee in Good Food’s Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

Artificer in Surry Hills.

Artificer Coffee

This cafe is a finalist for best coffee in Good Food’s Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

Jibbi Coffee Roasters in Surry Hills.

Jibbi Coffee Roasters

This cafe is a finalist for best coffee in Good Food’s Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

Ickle Coffee interiors.

Ickle Coffee

This cafe is a finalist for best coffee in Good Food’s Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

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