Melbourne might be deemed by many as the world's coffee capital but did you know Ballarat's espresso culture dates back just as far as our metro neighbour?
In fact, Ballarat was home to one of Australia’s first coffee palaces – Lydiard St's former Reid’s Coffee Palace, which was built in 1886.
Coffee has been served in Ballarat ever since and, like a fine wine, it’s only getting better with time.
Today, the city is home to a bevy of talented coffee roasters, baristas and dairy farmers who, together, are the winning trifecta when it comes to a good cup of coffee.
So, where do you find this liquid gold you might ask?
We’ve got all the insight you need to find yourself the perfect cuppa....
Ballarat's best coffee
- 1816 Bakehouse (Karon Farm Coffee)
- Boatshed Restaurant (Piazza D’oro Terroso)
- Carboni’s Next Door (NorthSouth Coffee)
- Cobb's Coffee (Rumble Coffee)
- Common Ground (Allpress)
- Drive Cafe (Dukes Coffee Roasters)
- Eclectic Tastes Cafe & Pantry (Woolshed Coffee Roasters)
- Fika Coffee Brewers (St Ali)
- Hideaway (Five Senses)
- Hydrant Food Hall (Karon Farm Coffee)
- Johnny Alloo (St Ali and Proud Mary)
- Karon Farm Coffee
- Kittelty's (Campos)
- La Miette Patisserie (Enga)
- Pat's Sandwiches (Proud Mary)
- Pipers by the Lake (Dimattina)
- Restaurant Lola (Karon Farm Coffee)
- The Salty Sparrow Cafe (Dukes Organic Coffee)
- The Turret Cafe (house-roasted beans from Koffee Pirates)
- Webster's Market and Cafe (Industry Beans)
- Yellow Espresso (Axil Coffee)
- Campana's (Karon Farm Coffee)
- Cross Roads Coffee Bar (Veneziano Coffee Roasters)
- Naomi & i (A Plus Coffee Roasters)
- Near East Kitchen (Karon Farm Coffee)
- Racers Cafe (Little Collins)
- Tim's Toasties (Karon Farm Coffee)
- Tin Roof (Code Black Coffee)
