Brother Baba Budan, Melbourne

Coffee is a big thing in a little package.

This “hole-in-the-wall” café might well be the smallest in the city, so here’s a tip: look out for the one with chairs hanging from the ceiling.

That’s right – an entire ceiling of wooden chairs floats above your head as you join the line of suits and ties waiting for their coffees to go at Brother Baba Budan. From the fading, peeling wallpaper to the name (the same 17th-century Sufi mentioned earlier), this café exudes a vintage coffee bar aura.

The small space means Brother Baba Budan is designed for takeaway cuppas; you’d be lucky to grab a seat at the communal table or the small bar. Coffees are similarly back-to-basics, using excellent beans from Seven Seeds; definitely no syrup-drenched chai lattes here. Our V60-brewed Colombia Carlos Diaz Majin has a clean, bright taste with notes of grapefruit.

There are nibbles such as carrot cake and banana bread available, but really, with coffee this good, you’d want to fully immerse yourself in your brew. Sip slowly and enjoy.

說墨爾本是咖啡之城，一點也不為過，
咖啡館在城中處處可見，大街上、小巷子里；有的大器、有的小巧；各自精彩。
整個城市仿佛都瀰漫著咖啡香。
Brother Baba Budan是一家朋友們都極力推薦的咖啡館，
雖然有點低調的設在Little Bourke St的巷弄里，
可是卻無損來朝聖的咖啡迷的興致。

Brother Baba Budan所用的豆子來自Seven Seeds。
這裡沒有調味或甜品咖啡；有的只是基本的意式和單品手沖；
而兩者都極具水準，是許多咖啡客的心頭好。
由V60所沖泡的Colombia Carlos Diaz Majin，
口感明亮，再帶點葡萄柚清香，非常的對味，深得我們的喜愛。
Brother Baba Budan的店面空間不大，
客人以外帶的居多，但願意窩在這小地方喝咖啡的人卻也不少，
有的坐在公用長桌那高談闊論，有的靜靜地坐在一角看書，
有的乾脆站在吧檯那和咖啡師聊天，一切都是那麼的隨性、自在。
而墻上斑駁的壁紙和天花板上懸掛著的椅子，
更是這家咖啡館一抹獨特的印記。