Toby's Estate, Chippendale

There is something infinitely satisfying about cupping your hands around a big bowl of steaming coffee. Size does come into it, but it's also the comfort factor (and Parisien nuances) of slowly sipping at a coffee receptable the size of a small soup tureen.



There is no doubt that Toby's Estate have their own legion of coffee fans. The queue at their stall at the Good Living Growers Market consistently snakes its way down the boardwalk as people patiently await their morning caffeine fix.

The queues aren't so bad at their bricks-and-mortar store in Chippendale, although the wait for a table on a weekend morning can be just as long. Lining the back wall is a shelving unit packed with coffee beans, tea leaves (black, green, white, herbal, semi-fermented and flavoured) and all kinds of brewing equipment and tea cups. An open service area at the front has polished glass windows filled with delicious-looking paninis, sandwiches, quiches, tarts, biscuits, muffins and pastries.


Tea smelling samples


Teapot

There are huge glass panes looking down onto their roasting room--large hessian sacks filled with coffee beans lay neatly stacked ready for roasting.

But for the moment, I only have eyes for my coffee. Thin tendrils of steam curl lazily into the air. Fingers reach out to give this cup a hug.


Toby's Estate Roastery, Cafe and Tea Emporium
32-36 City Road, Chippendale, Sydney
(between Broadway and Myrtle Streets, opposite Victoria Park)
Tel: +61 2 9211 1459

Monday - Friday 7.00am-4.00pm
Saturday 8.00am-4.00pm
Sunday 8.00am-4.00pm