Ristretto Coffee, Howard St Coffee

Cappuccino at Ristretto
I am professing my love for a cup of well made coffee. A good source of bean, tick; Bannister Downs' milk, tick; well trained barista, tick; passion and love in the cup, double tick.

Flat White 
 I first came across with Ristretto in some time last year, attending their Friday cupping session at Central Arcade, Perth. I had a cup of coffee that changed my life/my love for coffee, it opens up a whole new world to me. It was my first time trying specialty grade coffee, it has a thick and creamy body that carries a sweet berry flavour with a hint of strawberry - Amaro Gayo from Ethiopia. It was also a day that I said good bye to burnt and bitter coffee.

A quality cup always come from a Synesso 
Emmanuel and his partner ventured to Perth from Melbourne with a mission to bring good quality coffee to the people in Perth. They started with a kiosk at Central Arcade, Perth and now they also have a small coffee shop at Howard Street. They also roast their own coffee, sourcing green beans from all over the world.

What I love about Ristretto is you'll never get a bad cup of coffee and they changes their bean almost every week. My only gripe would be not being able to visit them everyday as I don't work in the city. But I will definitely pay them a visit whenever I'm in the city running errands.

Enough said, Ristretto team serve up some really good coffee!

Ristretto Espresso Specialist
SHG18A 160 Central Arcade,
St Georges Tce,
Perth
Ristretto Espresso on Urbanspoon

Howard St Coffee 
22, Howard St,
Perth
Howard St Coffee on Urbanspoon

Comments

L said…
nice! so they do dine-in coffee too...i had a take-away weeks ago. thought they only do take-away. hehe. friendly service too.
May 11, 2011 at 1:42 PM
Carven a.k.a. Dim Sum Q said…
Hi L,

They only do take-away at their Central Arcade kiosk, but they have a small sit down area at their Howard St Cafe
May 11, 2011 at 2:15 PM
L said…
ah...that's right, i went to the central arcade kiosk. cool, shall check out howard st's someday. Thanks!
May 11, 2011 at 2:25 PM
Anonymous said…
Although there's very little bar space, you can dine-in at Ristretto too. I do that most of the time!


Cheers!
August 31, 2011 at 4:59 PM
Melbourne Function Room said…
Beautiful place and nice post.
October 22, 2011 at 4:36 PM
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