The cafe: This is well and truly a long overdue review... Anybody who knows my short mac story knows that Adam from St Eddies popped my short mac cherry on his last day at his former cafe, Small World. Located aroud the corner from Greville Street, this cafe/restaurant has all the right ingredients to be one of Melbourne's more pretentious hang outs. It has the right postcode, the right people and the right presentation... But it's not. In fact, it's anything but pretentious. Adam's ridiculously relaxed attitude and his super friendly staff make going to St Edmond's a fun gastronomic experience. It has a great menu of classics with some extra special tweaks, plus a blackboard with some daily specials. The layout is good too. Lot's of natural light, plenty of tables for two's and four's, a counter/bar that extends to a cummunal table (that's where I like to sit) and a courtyard area if you want to have a drag with your coffee... Open daily for brekkie and lunch and two nights a week for dinner. Plonk is available and there are two beers and a cider on tap too...The coffee: With a Melbourne cafe resume as good as anyone's, there was no doubt Wilko would serve up a good coffee. The house blend is made up of beans from Ethiopia, Costa Rica, India and Columbia. (There is a single origin available too). As can be seen by the colour, this is a strong, dark coffee. The nose is dominated with roasted, smokey aromas. And the palate is all about rich, dark chocolate with intense dark honey and more than a hint of maltesers. The length of this coffee is extremely long. Very weighty, viscous and mouth filling. Not dissimilar to melting a piece of high quality chocolate in your mouth. Great structure, perfect temperature and the right amount of liquid and crema. Interestingly, I don't hear people mention St Edmonds when they talk about Melbourne's better coffee places... I obviously think it's right up there. Price $3.80. Score 8.5+/10.
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