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Tenancy 4/433 Collins St, Melbourne
Open: Monday - Friday 7:00 - 16:00, Weekends closed
Tram Routes 70, 75 or 35, Stop #3 Market St/Flinders St

First Love

Step Into the Coffee Beans

The people behind much-loved Melbourne bakeries to service Rustica’s growing group of bakery-cafés. The
Rustica, have opened their first stand-alone coffee shop in coffee, dubbed First Love, is currently roasted twice per
one of Melbourne’s newest architectural landmarks. First week at a collective roastery in Port Melbourne. With
Love Coffee opened in 2021. It has a prime position in the demand growing (First Love is producing 500kg per week)
base of Collins Arch tower, overlooking busy Collins Street there are plans to move on from the cooperative into its
with Manager Drew Gibbs at the helm. own roastery soon.
The small coffee shop, decked out in a peach and First Love’s Polaroid blend is the staple with its mix
green décor, mainly caters for take away customers with of 50 per cent Brazil, 30 per cent Colombia and 20 per cent
some indoor and outdoor seating. Fans of Rustica’s treas- Ethiopia origins. It is well suited to the lattes and cappuc-
ured sourdough bread will be delighted by the delicious cinos that are the most popular drinks with the cafe’s cli-
toasties and pastries on offer. Gibbs and Rustica founder entele. Plans are afoot to open more First Love coffee shops
Brenton Lang decided to produce their own coffee blends in the near future.

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