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Truffles Café, Merimbula

by cafedave on December 9, 2006

Quists coffee. A tiled floor, some fairly luxurious furniture, and floor to ceiling windows overlooking market street. This café specialises in coffee, cake and chocolates, with a side-line in gourmet food items.

Coffee takes a while to arrive, and reaches the table with a head of froth that varies in texture. It’s very hot, but once it settles down, is quite drinkable.

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Dee’z place, Merimbula

by cafedave on December 9, 2006

Café aroma coffee. Tiled floor, wooden furniture, and a range of age groups represented in the lunch crowd. Pot plants are hanging from the ceiling.

Staff are friendly, if a little stand-offish: this, though is to be expected when an oafish tourist like myself asks what brand of coffee is served.

Coffee is ready in a flash, with a thick head of foam, and the right temperature for savouring. It’s a mild flavour, well suited to sampling with one of the muffins or friands they have in their daily 11am happy hour.

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Lime Tree Café, Merimbula

by cafedave on December 9, 2006

Organic free trade coffee. Open space, lots of aluminium chairs; seating for fifteen inside and another eight outside. Staff are friendly; there’s a sandwich bar and a choice of cakes.

Overall, the space is like a converted suburban bakery; painted walls, paved floor, simple furnishings, but the branding is upmarket.

Coffee is freshly ground to order, and as such takes a little while to arrive, but there’s a spontaneous apology for the wait – a good sign. It’s a smooth, drinkable temperature, good texture for a latte, and if I hadn’t brought my own coffee machine with me, I’d be stopping by here in the mornings for the daily heart-starter.

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