something i'll miss about Melbourne


you can't get it like this in Starbucks-infested America

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  1. Jim Ahern3/28/2010

    To be fair to Boulder, you can get good coffee, you just have to look beyond the gas stations... You can get LavAzza coffee at Il Pastio, or buy it at Peppercorn and make it yourself. Not degrading Aussie coffee, just sayin' is all...

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  2. SamAhern3/28/2010

    I agree with Jim, also Amante coffee is pretty good. Better yet, you should just start making it yourself and quit spending the money on it.

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