Danieli

This is our daily coffee guy as our office is just above. Ron always makes us laugh. Beware he loves to chat and he knows various languages so don’t be surprised when he greets you in your language. Great long blacks. Never a disappointment.

I walked into the old rundown Clock Tower building and stopped to take a photo of the shop front as this place didn’t have any photos on Unilocal yet. Ron saw me and looked up from his machine and waved.
And that’s how I was introduced to this amazing coffee shop in the Rocks.
I explained I was doing research to determine who would get my vote for the Aroma Cup. He asked what I knew about the shop: they use their own beans, they have a second location on Cumberland. That’s it.
Ron’s been there 8 years, he tells me. They supply various supermarkets (I think I heard Salts Meats Cheese mentioned — Ron and I have different definitions of a «supermarket») and they make their own Nespresso compatible pods. Ron proudly opened up the packaging on one of the individually wrapped capsules– it smelled divine. He pointed to a wall with all of his awards and apologized that his display case was a bit bare «normally it would be filled with Italian baked goods». The blackboard boasts a menu of various breakfast wraps and sandwiches and lunchtime burgers. He turned to make my long black and asked a bit about me.
I left with a booklet on the Aroma Fest, a big smile, and most of all, an amazing coffee. Thanks, Ron!

The owner Ronny is an authentic Italian with a love and passion for coffee, so much so he has his own coffee brand which is sold on premise as well as David Jones.
You can tell he loves his coffee as he welcomes and chats to all his customers about coffee whilst skilfully working the coffee machine and artistically but delicately adds the finishing touches to your coffee.
A great cuppa here, the only fault I would highlight was the temperature of my coffee but I admit I do like it hot which I could’ve probably mentioned, all in all a very precise taste with no bitter aftertaste.

If you want to order fine coffee and muffins after working out hard at the gym, or you’ve little time to spare to trek down to the other cafes in the Rocks, or you’re just passing through after a long run around the city, then you can’t miss this little café inside a food court or it’s equivalent hole in the wall, located in Cumberland St, for a coffee. The coffee is made strong and suitably heated/​warm by warm and friendly staff.