Owners Mark Dundon and Bridget Amor helped usher in Melbourne's “Third Wave” coffee culture, and they’re still at the forefront of it.

The first of six excellent Market Lane cafes.

Good coffee with no fanfare.

Featuring a custom six-group-head Synesso to limit cross-contamination between different coffees.

This Canberra-based coffee roaster has made a real name for itself on the east coast. Visit this outpost and you’ll understand why. At any time, there are at least 20 outstanding coffees listed on its “freezer menu”.

Before Ona opened its own cafe in Melbourne, this was a rare place to try its beans. Still, this tiny space remains one of the city's most innovative coffee spots, whether you drink long blacks, batch brew, càscara, cold brew or need a bottled latte.

A tiny Seven Seeds outpost.

At this “cellar door” for coffee you can taste up to five single-origin brews in a single visit.

The mothership for a host of respected cafes and coffee brands, including Sensory Lab, Clement and Auction Rooms.

The flagship roastery for the duo behind Heartattack and Vine and Terror Twilight.

Another Seven Seeds pillar.

Once got by using others' roasts; now roasting its own beans at a new warehouse location round the corner.

Everyday number two has the same panache.

House-roasted single-origins served double-ristretto as standard.

Monk Bodhi Dharma's sister site, packing six daily choices.

Vegan food and superb coffee from the team at Monk Bodhi Dharma and Admiral Cheng-Ho.

Coffee sourced from up to 30 different estates all over the coffee-growing world, including less common regions such as Indonesia, roasted in house, then brewed with care. We can see why this one has blossomed to five locations.

Where coffee and tea get equal respect.

Proud Mary's roastery is an experience in itself.

Another buzzing Proud Mary spot.

Coffee with an environmental conscience.

There's a reason these beans are stocked at cafes all over the south.

A cafe and roastery by a two champion baristas.

A more rapid-fire version of HQ.

Axil's Richmond offshoot.

Small Batch coffee pulled by two industry veterans.

A blindingly white warehouse where the coffee matches the purity of the fit-out.