coffee

  • It’s bean a big learning curve

    It’s bean a big learning curve

    A teenage entrepreneur from Newstead has used the skills he learned as a barista and trainee coffee roaster to start up his own coffee roasting business. Seventeen-year-old Josh Rodgers trained under the guidance of Lachy and Laura Evans at Moto Bean Coffee Roasters in Malmsbury and currently works as a barista at the Social Foundry…

  • On the house

    On the house

    Castlemaine café operator Dot Hardman of The Dot in Barker Street has embraced the community movement ‘One on the House’ that aims to brighten the day of locals doing it tough. Dot said well-loved local ‘Nana’ Barb Templar of the Castlemaine RSL first suggested the idea of ‘donating’ an extra coffee for those doing it…