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Artificer Coffee

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

Artificer in Surry Hills.
1 / 3Artificer in Surry Hills.Dion Georgopoulos
The espresso bar.
2 / 3The espresso bar. Dion Georgopoulos
Pour over coffee.
3 / 3Pour over coffee. Dion Georgopoulos

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“COFFEE ONLY” states the Instagram account for Dan Yee and Shoji Sasa’s 10-year-old cafe and roastery. It’s part advice to anyone in search of a jaffle, part mission statement that this corner site of honeyed light and welcoming hospitality is all about the purity of the bean, no distractions. That could mean a Panama Gesha batch brew with notes of maraschino cherry, or just a really bloody great espresso.

Good to know: Well, it does also sell Artificer caps made by the neighbours at Worktones.

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