{"id":8,"date":"2026-08-27T10:05:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T10:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aussiekohi.coffee\/blog\/?p=8"},"modified":"2026-09-08T11:28:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T11:28:45","slug":"my-new-blog-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aussiekohi.coffee\/blog\/?p=8","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Aussie Kohi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The first coffee I ordered in Australia was a flat white, and I ordered it because it was the first thing on the board I could say as a whole phrase. What arrived was a small cup with a spiral of milk on top, warm and sweet and nothing like the coffee I grew up with. I thought I had made a mistake. I went back the next morning and ordered the same thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Coffee in Japan had meant something else entirely. A small room with dark wood and low light, a master who had made the same blend the same way for thirty years, and a single cup that took long enough to arrive that you had to settle in and wait for it. The coffee was dark and bitter and served black. Nobody hurried you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So the Australian cafe confused me at first. It was loud and it was fast, and everybody seemed to be ordering a drink with a name I had never heard of. For a while I kept the two experiences in separate boxes, one labelled proper coffee and the other labelled whatever this is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That did not last. What changed my mind was the pour-over gear on the back bench of my local, all of it Japanese, sitting there as though it had always belonged. Then I found out that some of the roasters I liked in Tokyo had trained here in Australia. The two cultures I had been keeping apart had been talking to each other for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is what this site is about. I am not going to tell you which country makes better coffee, because the more interesting question is what each place decided coffee was for. Australia decided it was a daily ritual you build a neighbourhood around. Japan decided it was a craft you slow down for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Coffee Culture pages cover how each tradition came about. The Learn pages have the ratios and timings I wish somebody had written down for me when I started. The Shop has the beans and tools I actually use. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Coffee Culture<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Learn Coffee<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Shop<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Thank you for reading. Go and have a coffee!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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