There is no hiding that the beezhouse is full of coffee connoisseurs. Now we don’t want to come across as the typical Melbourne coffee snobs (but we do have the best coffee in Oz). We also like to bury the mutant Starbucks when we can, so you could imagine our delight when a credible marketing and ideas forum Springwise reported:

It seems that Illy have finally decided to “…Come to Your Corner”. Now before we give you a quick run down of where you might find a great Illy coffee in Melbourne, we want to give kudos to the Illy organisation worldwide for the following business and expansion policy:

…The United States, home of the Banana Coconut Frappuccino, isn’t on the roll-out list…

New Yorkers obviously do not consider themselves part of the US general population. I wouldn’t either if I were a Yankee, from my limited exposure, NY seems to be the only beacon of light to come out of the US of A. Its only fair they are not subjected to the rest of the country’s bad taste and insular views. It looks like that when the beezhouse goes to the US, we will only be visiting New York home of the Galleria Illy - Double kudos!!

Closer to home, we must report that the beezhouse are staunch supporters of the Illy elixir, we have been spoilt by a number of credible and funky cafes dotted around town that serve it. We must report though (for those who don’t know), Espressamente has also hit Melbourne, the concept store is at the top end of Little Lonsdale Street (we’ll have to get back to you with the exact number) but its between Exhibition and Russell Streets. The coffee is good and worth a try.

Otherwise pop in to trusty Cafe Doppio on Level 5, Australia On Collins, 260 Collins Street Melbourne - Word on the street is that Doppio will have its own dynamic content webspace soon! We’ll keep you posted.