Three Fun Hot Drinks in Sydney To Carry You Through To Winter’s End

Listen, a cap with a healthy hit of chocolate on top is usually enough fun for a morning. But then again, the drabbest of winter days will be brightened if you make your cup one of the following three – which can all be found on their Sydney menus now.

Tahini latte from Noon, Manly

This hottie has been on the menu at Noon since day one. And two years later, there’s no chance of it leaving, Tahini meets molasses, cinnamon and espresso, ready to be shaken with almond milk and frothed till hot. It’s a smooth, deeply golden pour that’s nailed the sweet-savoury dance – only carried further by the nuttiness of sesame.

Shop 1/18 Raglan Street, Manly 

Ca phe muoi from Ca Phe Mai, Double Bay

Day-to-night newcomer Ca Phe Mai is heavily influenced by co-owner Cindy Mai’s Vietnamese roots. Just peep the signature hot drink: ca phe muoi, a riff on Vietnamese salted coffee, with an ultra-silky aerated body of condensed milk, cream and a precise amount of salt. It’s given an Aussie spin with Single O’s Yeehah! Blend, which is powered in part by rrobusta, the intense coffee species favoures in Vietnam. Sweet-scented tonka beans are grated on top for a photo finish. 

377 New South Head Road, Double Bay

Cardamom hot chocolate from Angus, Marrickville

Velvety liquid chocolate with a light, floral spiciness? A marshmallow bobbing on top? Ding, ding, Angus. This back-lane winner satisfies any nostalgic cravings, while keeping the brief firmly in adult territory. There’s the base of cream, infused with cardamom overnight, plus the premium Callebaut dark chocolate. The kicker, though, is the rectangle of house-made marshmallow, which arrives with a torched cardamom-sugar crust. 

69 Meeks Road, Marrickville