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

June 6, 2025

Cold drip coffee. — 1 / 4Cold drip coffee.Louise Kennerley

FBR is located in the Sydney CBD. — 2 / 4FBR is located in the Sydney CBD.Louise Kennerley

Arin Lee with FBR owner Sebastian Cincotta. — 3 / 4Arin Lee with FBR owner Sebastian Cincotta.Louise Kennerley

FBR owner Sebastian Cincotta. — 4 / 4FBR owner Sebastian Cincotta.Louise Kennerley

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Backlit green interiors, a wall-mounted vintage television, and a young computer engineer-turned-barista at the helm of modified brewing equipment. This is FBR, the experimental, efficiency-focused, next-gen cafe where you can order a cup of specialty coffee after 3pm in Sydney (yes, really). The atmosphere is relaxed, if wilfully clinical, until the DJ turns up and the caffeinated rave begins.

Good to know: The cafe has started serving a small selection of focaccia sandwiches exclusively on Saturday.

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