The board

Everything, priced the way it is on the wall

Coffee ground per shot, breakfast until 11:30am on weekdays and noon on weekends, lunch from 11:30am, and whatever Ines has laminated that morning. Public holidays add ten percent, which is written on the board too.

Coffee

House blend ground per shot. Oat, soy and lactose free at no extra charge, on every drink.

  • Espresso $5

    House blend, dosed and pulled for the cup

  • Macchiato $5.20
  • Piccolo $5.20
  • Long black $5.50
  • Flat white, latte or cappuccino df $5.50

    Large 6.50

  • Magic $5.80

    Double ristretto, 160ml, the way the staff drink it

  • Batch filter ve $5.50

    Whatever single origin is on this fortnight

  • Pour over, single origin ve $8

    Ground and brewed to order, about six minutes

  • Cold brew ve $6.80

    Steeped overnight, served black over ice

  • Iced latte df $6.50
  • Chai latte vdf $6

    Loose leaf, spiced here, not a syrup

  • Hot chocolate v $5.80
  • Pot of tea ve $5.50

    Breakfast, Earl Grey, peppermint or lemongrass

Breakfast

From open until 11:30am on weekdays and noon on weekends. Gluten free bread on any dish that comes on sourdough.

  • Sourdough toast v $12

    Two thick slices, cultured butter and plum jam

  • House granola vdf $16

    Oats, almonds and pepitas, poached fruit and yoghurt

  • Bacon and egg roll $15

    Milk bun, fried egg, house relish

  • Eggs your way vgf $17

    Two free range eggs on sourdough, cracked to order

  • Avocado on sourdough vgfdf $21

    Lemon, chilli, sesame, a soft poached egg

  • Mushrooms on sourdough vgfdf $23

    Field mushrooms in a hot pan with thyme and butter, olive oil on request

  • The big plate gf $28

    Two eggs, bacon, mushrooms, tomato, pork sausage and sourdough

Sides

Added to anything on the breakfast board.

  • Extra free range egg vgf $4
  • Avocado vegf $5
  • Bacon gf $6
  • Grilled halloumi vgf $6
  • Field mushrooms vgfdf $7
  • Smoked salmon gfdf $7

df Dairy free availableve Vegan, or vegan on requestv Vegetariangf Gluten free available Public holidays add ten percent, which is also written on the board.

Lunch

The board changes over at 11:30am and runs until the kitchen closes at 2:30pm.

  • Soup of the day v $15

    With sourdough and butter, through the cold months

  • Ham, gruyere and mustard $16.50

    Toasted, on our own sourdough

  • Roast mushroom and taleggio v $16.50

    Toasted, with thyme

  • Seasonal grain bowl vvegf $22

    Whatever the greengrocer had, grains, herbs, a soft egg

  • Hot special $29

    Written up on the board each morning, one dish, until it runs out

The counter

Laminated here from 4:00am. First bake out by 6:15am. When a tray is gone, it is gone.

  • Banana bread v $6

    Toasted, cultured butter

  • Butter croissant v $6.50

    Flour, butter, milk, salt and time

  • Almond croissant v $7.50
  • Seasonal fruit danish v $7.50

    Apricot through summer, poached pear once it turns

  • Sausage roll $8.50

    On the counter from 11:00am, with house relish

  • Sourdough loaf vedf $12

    Whole, from about 8:00am until it goes

v Vegetarianve Vegan, or vegan on requestgf Gluten free availabledf Dairy free available Public holidays add ten percent, which is also written on the board.

Take it home

Ground free to your brew method, roast date on the bag.

The shelf

Beans, the loaf, the granola and the one keep cup we bother stocking. The rest of the retail line is below, no photo, because it does not need one.

  • House blend, 250g at Slow Start Coffee Beans

    House blend, 250g

    A washed Brazil and Colombian base with a little natural Ethiopian. Built for milk, and it holds up black.

    $22 Roast date on the bag

  • Photo on the way
    Beans

    Single origin filter, 250g

    Whatever is on the filter this fortnight, bagged the same week it is roasted. Lighter, and better without milk.

    $28 Changes fortnightly

  • Butter croissant at Slow Start Coffee Pastry

    Butter croissant

    Laminated from four in the morning, out of the oven by quarter past six.

    $6.50 While the tray lasts

  • Seasonal fruit danish at Slow Start Coffee Pastry

    Seasonal fruit danish

    The pastry from the film. Same laminated dough as the croissants, fruit that follows the season.

    $7.50 Fruit changes with the season

  • Sourdough loaf at Slow Start Coffee Bakery

    Sourdough loaf

    The loaf the kitchen cuts for breakfast. Long fermented, dark crust, open crumb.

    $12 From about 8:00am

  • House granola jar, 500g at Slow Start Coffee Pantry

    House granola jar, 500g

    The granola off the breakfast board. Oats, almonds, pepitas and olive oil, baked in the pastry oven.

    $16 500g jar

  • Stoneware keep cup, 10oz at Slow Start Coffee Gear

    Stoneware keep cup, 10oz

    Thrown by a potter in Preston, silicone lid. Fill it here at the takeaway price for as long as it lasts.

    $34 Made in Preston

  • House blend, 1kg For a home machine that goes through a bag a fortnight $72
  • Filter cone and 100 papers The cone we use on the batch brewer, in the smaller size $42
  • Hand grinder Steel burrs, the one we take camping. The only grinder we stock $95

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