Do not focus on the finger or you will miss all the heavenly glory - Coffee edition.

I love American coffee.
Yes, you read correctly - I love American coffee (that includes Canada as well).

Give me a Latte if I see you rocking an espresso machine.
Give me a house blend with Irish cream if I'm at the train station.
Give me a double-double if I'm in Canada.
Give me a freshly brewed if I'm at Starbucks (best believe I do have a Starbucks reward card as well).
Give me a medium roast with creamer if I'm at the local diner.
Give me a filter coffee if I'm at the restaurant.
Give me coffee, just give me coffee and I will enjoy every drop of it.

Why Duke? But aren't you into coffee? Then why are you drinking such horrible coffee?
(FYI - Australians love telling the world how terrible American coffee is).

My answer is: I love coffee - unconditionally.

Coffee has more meaning to me than which notes I'm tasting on my palette, or which estate, or origin it came from. Obviously, those are very important if you're passionate about coffee, but why not allow yourself to see more than what's in the cup?

Perfect coffee not only requires the perfect crop, science, chemistry, equipment and the Barista behind it, but it also needs a time and place to complete the experience.

I'd happily take a drip coffee with half and half while I taking in the beautiful scenery of downtown Chicago, or a pot brewed, hand-ground coffee made at a village on the mountains of northern Thailand, rather than drinking a latte made with fully washed, AA grade single origin beans from a Kenyan micro lot farm while I stare at garbage bins lined up on some dirty laneway in Marrickville, Sydney.

Sorry if you don't agree with my ideologies, but life is too short to be a snob. Open up your mind and the world will open up to you.

Otherwise, what Bruce Lee said in 'Enter the Dragon':
"It is like a finger pointing away to the moon, but do not focus on the finger or you will miss all the heavenly glory."


In conclusion, why not come in to Duke's Lounge at 153 Avoca Street, Randwick 2031 NSW Australia for a 360 degrees coffee experience. We have a nice dining room to enjoy your speciality grade coffee in, we use only A2 milk, we have great music and the barista is also decent looking.