I get excited when I arrive at a coffee dispensary that clearly loves what they do.<\/p>\n
Now please don’t take this out of context, but I’m old-school and the hipster invasion with their smashed-avo for the price of a small Cornish cottage, for me, feels like nothing more than a long season in fashion (and I’m not fashionable.) It seems more about being ‘cool’ (albeit the coffee does tend to be top-notch) than much else.<\/p>\n
“…coffee shop…like a 1974 Land Rover Defender 3 Series, lovingly restored”.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
That said, this segment is all about coffee shops that have a great atmosphere and appeal to me from a renovation\/fit-out perspective more than the menu, trendy music or length and breadth of beared baristas. Well-thought out use of recycled materials and quirky design that gives them personality is the focus here.<\/p>\n
To me these are the coffee-shop equivalent of a 1920’s renovated fisherman’s cottage or a 1974 Land Rover Defender Series 3, lovingly restored… you get the picture!<\/p>\n
Akin to renovating, I have more than just a love for great tasting coffee. In a previous life I was involved in the food\/coffee industry back in sunny England.<\/p>\n
There’s still a part of me that harps back to the halcyon days of barista training, product sampling, Ferrari-like coffee machines and too many shots of espresso. So, the cross-over with renovating and coffee are inextricably linked and both pique my interest on more than one level or another.<\/p>\n
Let me know if you have any suggestions for this segment, I’d love to find more gems! Email: mark@thebarefootrenovator.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I get excited when I arrive at a coffee dispensary that clearly loves what they do. Now please don’t take this out of context, but I’m old-school and the hipster invasion with their smashed-avo for the price of a small<\/p>\n
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