Blacklist Coffee Roasters has opened its first ‘cellar door’ concept store in Subiaco. Coffee drinkers can perch up at the filter brew bar where they can sip on rare and high-end single-origin coffees from crystal wine glasses, with each pour accompanied by detailed tasting notes. If one cup is never enough, they also offer an all-you-can-drink tasting menu, which extends across all blends and brew methods. Grab some house-roasted beans and brewing equipment on your way out the door. 439D Hay St, Subiaco, Perth WA. blacklistcoffee.com.au.

Innuendos aside, The Cupping Room is about a serious as it gets for coffee aficionados. This local cafe by the Ona crew pumps out cold drip filter coffees, pour overs and expertly pulled espressos, all at a rapid pace. Beyond the beans, the cafe also serves up a substantial cafe menu, with produce given the same respect as the ethically-sourced beans. Must try: Feel like iced tea but don’t want to miss out on the coffee action? Try the iced cascara, tea made from the cherry of the coffee tree. The Cupping Room, 1/1-13 University Ave, Canberra ACT. thecuppingroom.com.au.

Monday mornings never looked so good. Part retailer, part coffee shop, this inner-city espresso bar is the brainchild of barista Jarrad Sharrock, who hails from some of the city’s most respected roasters, from Market Lane to Everyday Coffee. Sparkling water on tap helps to cleanse the palate before launching into one of their famed Small Batch coffees. Beyond the beans, there’s also teas by Assembly and slurpable chocolate by Mörk. Monday’s Coffee Store, 7/38 Gawler Pl, Adelaide SA, facebook.com/mondayscoffeestore

Like many coffee-obsessed purveyors, this sprawling hanger-like venue also roasts its own coffee. The former car garage has become a one-stop-shop for weekend refueling – whether it’s an espresso to-go or a pour over to have in, on one of the reupholstered bus seats. The menu includes beautiful gluten, with wood-fired bread sourced from sister cafe, Bread in Common, and housemade pasta strands. Gordon St Garage, 16 Gordon St, West Perth WA. gsgarage.com.au

You may jostle for a stool at this perennially crowded laneway cafe in Potts Point, but if you’re going to be elbowed for space, it might as well be by Neil Perry, Christine Manfield, Jill Dupleix or any number of Sydney’s culinary elite who call past Room 10 for their daily dose of the good stuff. Pumping Mecca Espresso’s ever-popular beans, the bustling cafe also pulls out some of Sydney’s favourite breakfast fare. Room 10 Espresso, 10 Llankelly Pl, Sydney NSW. facebook.com/room10espresso

Great coffee is hard to find when you’re on a road trip, that is, unless you are travelling down the Gold Coast Highway down Tungan way. The long-standing espresso bar uses beans from Byron’s Marvell Street Coffee with a menu that includes espresso, filter and iced coffees, freshly squeezed juices and homemade pastries, basically everything you need to keep your eyes on the road. 2/476 Gold Coast Hwy, Tugun QLD, @gooddaycoffee

Move over Melbourne, this laneway cafe in Darwin serves up Campos Coffee every which way, from espresso to cold drop filter and iced coffee. The menu also includes house-baked sourdough and trendy brunch items, like kale and quinoa salad or smashed avo with Middle Eastern spices. If it’s full (which is often is) you can also try your luck at sister cafe, Besser Kitchen Brew Bar. facebook.com/lanewayspecialtycoffee

This little Canberra cafe serves up some surprisingly sophisticated brews from espresso to aeropress, cold brew, iced lattes and espresso tonics, made using these beans. Without a proper kitchen, bar managers Jack Muirhead and Angus Raddon have made the most of benchtop space, with a short menu based around sandwiches, rice bowls and fancy things on toast. ORI Building, 59/30 Lonsdale Street, Braddon. barriocollective.com.

Home of one of the best coffee-roasting operations in the city, Mecca extends the same care and imagination to its food output as it does its beans. Dishes change with the seasons, but don’t pass up the mushroom ramen if it’s available. It’s also one of the few spots where you can find creamy nitro coffee on tap. 26 Bourke Road, Alexandria. mecca.coffee..

Every good coffee hound knows the simplest way to guarantee a decent cup of coffee is to seek out cafes with a Synesso coffee machine. The mere presence of such a refined piece of equipment recommends the venue as one where the owner is prepared to go the extra mile (and fork out some serious dough) to provide a brilliant brew. What’s more Proud Mary use their machine to brew their own custom blends and single origin beans, which can be enjoyed via cold, drop, V60, AeroPress or classic espresso. Partner with an avocado and kimchi toast or scrambled roti and you have yourself a quintessential Melbourne start to the day. 172 Oxford Street, Collingwood, Melbourne. proudmarycoffee.com.au.

If you get lost trying to find this Balaclava cafe/roaster, you wouldn’t be the first, but they do say the path to enlightenment isn’t easy. Monk Bodhi Dharma’s carpark-adjacent location is an oasis of buzz in a sea of suburban calm. The excellent vegan cafe doubles as a micro-roaster, where beans are seasonal, sourced directly, and most often single estate, so you can continue your daily devotion at home. Monk Bodhi Dharma, 202 Carlisle St, Balaclava VIC. monkbodhidharma.com

Run by Sydney coffee queen Hazel de los Reyes, this warehouse cafe and roastery serves close to the best coffee you can find in Sydney. The seats are minimal, the food is nil, the brew is supreme. 24 Addison Rd, Marrickville NSW. coffeealchemy.com.au.

Traditions run strong at family-owned bakery, Pigeon Whole Bakers. The artisanal outlet embraces traditional methods and quality produce, including stoneground flour, local ingredients and natural levain to create its range of products. Carb-lovers will find themselves in a fantasy, in the midst of walls lined with sourdough, bagels, and a range of viennoiseries. It’s not just bread that the venue specialisies in though, Pigeon Whole Bakers are obviously coffee fans, serving up edition coffee roasters to enjoy alongside dough deliveries.32 Argyle Street, Hobart, TAS. pigeonwholebakers.com.au

This caffeinated hole-in-the-wall situated in Hobart’s CBD is the perfect shopping pit-stop to refuel with a quick espresso or grab a takeaway to keep your hands warm if you’re on the go. If you’re looking to pull up a chair and take your time, try its sister cafe up the street, Villino. Ecru Coffee, 18 Criterion St, Hobart TAS. ecrucoffee.com.au

Just when it seemed like Melbourne had disappeared up its own single-origin, what with all those deconstructed blue algae lattes with a turmeric twist served alongside doughnut ice cream crab croissant burgers with fairy floss on top, along comes Higher Ground to right the slipping crown. For this is what a world-class café looks like, and there’s not a gimmick in sight. The all-day cafe, restaurant, bar, serves both sophisticated fare and specialty coffee at any hour you crave it. 650 little Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC. highergroundmelbourne.com.au.