The Greenest Coffee Shop in the World? - Gardenista
Take one shell of an old warehouse in a suburb on the outskirts of Sydney. Result: an innovative indoor-outdoor coffee shop that’s attracting crowds in Australia. “The exterior garden area is utterly lush with an abundance of veggies, flowers and fruit, which is a perfect play area for kids.” (N.B. Photography by Katie Quinn Davies. The Grounds has a custom built reconstructed La Marzocco espresso machine (circa 1971). Indoor seating, with the doors open to the garden. The coffee roasters sit behind floor-to-ceiling glass windows. On the menu, at the formerly deserted warehouse at the corner of Bourke Road and Huntley Street, is food from inthe cafe’s garden, artisanal breads, and coffee made from beans roasted on site. Heirloom seeds and edible flowers; a full-time horticulturist works with the chef. “There is a fabulous feeling of perfected attention to detail, with a great contrast between the old and new,” says Quinn. Owner Ramzey Choker and coffee wholesaler (and latte foam artist) Jack Hanna teamed up to create what the Sydney Morning Herald described as “a post-industrial aesthetic.”