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Rumble Coffee Roasters

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

Rumble is a specialty coffee roaster in Kensington.
1 / 9Rumble is a specialty coffee roaster in Kensington. Supplied
Inside the Kensington roastery.
2 / 9Inside the Kensington roastery.Supplied
Grab a pastry from sibling bakery Double Dutch with your coffee.
3 / 9Grab a pastry from sibling bakery Double Dutch with your coffee. Supplied
Freshly brewed and poured.
4 / 9Freshly brewed and poured.Supplied
The coffee menu includes all the favourites.
5 / 9The coffee menu includes all the favourites.Supplied
Roaster Alex Cole running a cupping session at Rumble.
6 / 9Roaster Alex Cole running a cupping session at Rumble.Supplied
Inside the minimalist space.
7 / 9Inside the minimalist space.Supplied
Espresso bar manager Geoff.
8 / 9Espresso bar manager Geoff.Supplied
Outside Rumble.
9 / 9Outside Rumble.Supplied

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There’s a lot of Rumble in Kensington’s rapidly expanding urban jungle. This sleek showcase, in the base of a new apartment building, is a mere left hook away from the roastery. Complex, fruit-forward single-origins are on the pour(over), and the staple Shadow Boxer blend lands a knockout punch in a flat white made with St David Dairy milk.

Good to know: Pastries come from close-by cousin Double Dutch Bakery.

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