This Unassuming Neighborhood Cafe Was Just Named the Best Coffee Shop in the World-and No, It's Not in Italy
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Toby's Estate Coffee Roasters in Sydney recently achieved the title of the world's best coffee shop at the inaugural World's 100 Best Coffee Shops gala in Madrid. This café, located in the Chippendale suburb, impressed judges with its focus on coffee flavor, barista skills, innovation, food quality, sustainability, and ambience. The café features baristas working closely with customers, creating an engaging atmosphere, and showcases its operations through large glass walls. Customers enjoy a rotating selection of specialty and experimental beans, creating excitement around its offerings.
The eager anticipation was for a hot spot that's steaming all day. Toby's Estate Coffee Roasters in the artsy Chippendale suburb might look like an unassuming neighborhood cafe—but it's just been named the world's best coffee shop.
Inside the bright, sun-drenched cafe, it was immediately apparent this place was different. The whole place had a whiff of Willy Wonka about it: joyful, upbeat, inventive and, well, caffeinated.
Toby's Estate rotates specialist and experimental beans from around the world, sparking wide-eyed delight among java junkies when each monthly menu drops.
I started chatting to one of the regulars, local artist and studio owner Melissa Tan-Lu. 'I've been coming here for eight years.'
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