What is a Mont Blanc coffee from Melbourne's Good Measure cafe? - Drinks

Mar 12, 2025

The Mont Blanc has gone reached icon status, and is probably coming to a coffee shop near you

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Melbourne’s Good Measure must consider itself well and truly admired. Its signature coffee, the Mont Blanc, has gone viral. It’s inspired queues, has done the rounds of Instagram and is now popping up at cafes all over the place.

What is the Mont Blanc?

The $8 concoction of Code Black batch brew at Good Measure is adorned with a generous layer of aerated cream and decorated with fragrant orange zest and grated nutmeg. It’s cold, it’s creamy, it’s aromatic and it’s so good that everyone is copying it.

Good Measure cafe Melbourne. — Good Measure is a cafe by day, wine bar by night.

In fact, it’s made such an impression on coffee connoisseurs that it secured a coveted spot in the recent delicious. 100 list of Australia’s best food experiences. The combination of coffee, cream, citrus and spice is more than just Instagram-worthy. Its popularity can be attributed to hitting four elements of taste in one sip: bitter, fat, sweet and spicy.

While some venues have replicated the combination, others have used it as inspiration. At Pound in South Yarra, cold brew is topped with cold foam, panela (unrefined sugar) and orange zest. Adelaide’s Mascavado serves up orange-infused batch brew with creme fraiche and cinnamon. Lennox St Deli in Moonee Ponds combines cold brew with Jersey cream, nutmeg, orange zest and savoiardi biscuit. In Brisbane, try it at Fiend Cafe, Supernova and Vector Coffee. Sydneysiders can sip it at Brewtopia, La Lune and Elbow Room Coffee Roasters. Perth’s coffee snobs can get it at Kona Cafe, Giant Coffee and Howard’s Groove.

The Mont Blanc at Good Measure, Melbourne — The original.

However, Good Measure co-owner Mitchell Miller is unsure how he feels about being a trendsetter.

“It’s a funny feeling – we talk about it a lot because we always get sent photos of people doing it,” he says. “At the same time, it’s very exciting to see it develop and grow beyond us. “We certainly didn’t think it would develop into what it’s become. It’s pretty epic.”

He attributes the success of their signature drink to it being a “really well-built beverage”. “It was the culmination of three business partners coming together and combining our coffee and cocktail experience,” Miller says. “I think a lot of cafes lacked the actual understanding of how to build a drink. We nailed it in three or four attempts.”

“Balance is the word that gets thrown around a lot. The Mont Blanc is not too sweet, not too sour; it feels like a sweet but it’s also very refreshing.” They were inspired by coffee shops in Japan and Korea. “They’ve been doing it for a long time and doing it really well,” Miller says. “We thought ‘why isn’t anyone doing this?’. We wanted to do something different; it felt like Melbourne was opening the same shop over and over again.”

While there are many imitators, he believes the original is still the best. “I’ve tried a few and none of them have figured it out yet,” Miller says. “Tasting it doesn’t give away all the secrets. “The main thing is the coffee selection, and the sugar syrup we use is pretty special in its own right.”