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The first stop in our Tablelands coffee tour. Coffee Works has changed hugely since my first visit back in 2002, but unfortunately not, in my opinion, for the better. The informal cafe that I remember has gone, as is the free viewing of how coffee is made. For that you now have to pay $19. I can’t comment on the Coffee World “adventure” but according to their brochure it’s “like a Disneyland for coffee”. As for the new cafe, you have to walk through their shop first (which is larger than the cafe itself, overly cluttered and too commercial) before you can order and sit down.

So, to our coffee experience at Coffee Works, which we did get to eventually. We ordered two long blacks, a cappuccino, and a white machiatto. The service was quick, the “Caramel Sin” cake was delicious but not too sweet, the coffee however was average. Our judges thought the coffee had no flavour, “it sits in the throat”, was bitter instead of smooth, over done, over roasted, burnt.

The verdict: 5/10