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Pour-over in Melbourne
For hand-brewed filter, go to the roasters' own bars. Aunty Peg's brews one to one at its brew bar, Disciple serves pour-overs from everyday to very rare lots, Seven Seeds brews its single origins the way you ask, and Proud Mary still offers V60 and AeroPress.
The shops
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No. 1
Proud Mary Coffee
CollingwoodMust-try
Proud Mary opened off Smith Street in 2009 and roasts all its coffee a block away, at its Aunty Peg's roastery. It was one of the first Melbourne cafés to brew its blends and single origins on V60, AeroPress and cold drip, and those methods are still on the menu. It ranked fourth on the World's 100 Best Coffee Shops list in 2025 and 27th in 2026. Expect a queue, a bright warehouse room and a kitchen that runs until mid-afternoon.
172 Oxford St, Collingwood VIC 3066, Australia
No. 2
Aunty Peg's
CollingwoodMust-try
Aunty Peg's is Proud Mary's roastery, opened in 2014, with a coffee bar at the front. At the brew bar a barista serves you one to one, talks you through the coffees and may offer a taste or a smell before you choose. The list runs to champion roasts and rare Geisha lots, and the nitro cold brew comes in a beer glass. It is also a training space and a shop for beans and brewing gear, a short walk from the Proud Mary café.
200 Wellington St, Collingwood VIC 3066, Australia
No. 3
Seven Seeds Coffee Roasters
CarltonMust-try
Mark Dundon and Bridget Amor turned an old Carlton warehouse into a roastery and café after selling St Ali in 2008. They pushed traceable beans and lighter roasts for filter and cold drip when Melbourne still drank dark espresso. Roasting moved to Fairfield in 2017, but the Carlton room still pours the Golden Gate blend and a rotating single origin brewed the way you ask. It ranked 87th on the World's 100 Best Coffee Shops list in 2025. Expect a wait for a table.
114 Berkeley St, Carlton VIC 3053, Australia
No. 4
ONA Coffee
BrunswickMust-try
Canberra roaster ONA opened this Brunswick café in 2020. Start with Raspberry Candy, the blend founder Saša Šestić used to win the 2015 World Barista Championship. The freezer menu holds more than 20 rare coffees, roasted, rested and frozen in single doses. The bright, minimal bar has separate stations for espresso, milk and filter, with batch brew, pour-over and cold brew on offer. Try the càscara if you want something other than coffee.
22 Ovens St, Brunswick VIC 3056, Australia
No. 5
Disciple Roasters
BrunswickMust-try
Marwin Shaw, who opened Monk Bodhi Dharma in 2009, sold his cafés to focus on roasting and calls this backstreet warehouse a coffee cellar door. Every cup is served black: eight to ten espressos a day and pour-overs that run from everyday cups to very rare lots. There is no milk of any kind and no disposable cup, so bring your own or drink in from the ceramic mugs Shaw makes by hand. Beans, mugs and brewing gear are for sale.
16 Black St, Brunswick VIC 3056, Australia
No. 6
ACOFFEE
Collingwood+1 locationMust-try
Acoffee roasts in a converted Collingwood garage painted so white it looks more like a tech store than a café. Co-owner and coffee director Byoung-Woo Kang, Australia's 2014 cup tasting champion and a former Market Lane roaster, roasts lighter than is usual to keep each coffee bright and clear. The espresso machine sits on a long island bench, and filter roasts and drip bags are on the shelf to take home. A second Acoffee works on Russell Street in the CBD.
30 Sackville St, Collingwood VIC 3066, Australia
No. 7
Dukes Coffee Roasters
CBDMust-try
Dukes roasts mostly organic coffees bought from small farms and cooperatives across Africa, Asia and the Americas, with each lot traceable to where it was grown. This small café in Ross House, a community-owned building on Flinders Lane, is the best place to try the latest single origins, brewed as espresso, filter or French press. The fit-out by Chris Connell uses reclaimed timber, recycled tiles and green trim, and there are only a few seats. Order a pour-over with a pastry and perch at the counter.
247 Flinders Ln, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
No. 8
MAKER Richmond
Richmond+1 locationMust-try
Stephanie and John Vroom, both coffee industry veterans, do not believe in blends. Their roastery, Maker, serves only single origins, up to five at a time, to show they can be as versatile as any blend. The Richmond café is the roastery's home, with the widest choice of espresso and filter, pastries and cakes, and roasters you can ask about what they are working on. Smaller Maker bars pour the same coffees in the CBD, South Yarra and Prahran.
47 North St, Richmond VIC 3121, Australia
No. 9
Wide Open Road Coffee Roasters
BrunswickGood
Wide Open Road roasts its own coffee in a big industrial room on Barkly Street, with its own cupping room and green-bean store behind the café. The Bathysphere blend mixes beans from Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia and Kenya and works well with milk, and the filter roasts are served as batch brew or pour-over. It is one of Brunswick's busiest cafés, with booths, comfortable chairs and an adventurous food menu, and tea is brewed with thermometers and timers.
274 Barkly St, Brunswick VIC 3056, Australia
No. 10
Only Coffee Project Melbourne Quarter
DocklandsGood
Only Coffee Project started in Sydney, where its Crows Nest café ranked fourth on the World's 100 Best Coffee Shops list in 2026 and was named best in Oceania. The brand is known for a purist espresso bar and a rotating choice of beans from roasters such as Market Lane and Sey, with an international pour-over list. This small shop at Melbourne Quarter, on Ti Tree Walk in Docklands, is its only outpost in Melbourne.
22 Ti Tree Walk, Docklands VIC 3008, Australia
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