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20/03/2025
It's always a special full-circle experience when we're able to visit our producing partners and give them a bag of their coffee beans from the most recent season in our shops. This moment from last year was especially touching, watching the young children and grandchildren of Rwandan producer Anastase Minani inspect the coffee postcards featuring his photo with great pride and interest.
We're not alone in our deep respect and admiration for Anastase and his work. As one of the founding members of the dynamic cooperative, he is a leader and mentor to many in his community. Over 50 years into his career, he's still producing sweet and delicious coffees on his small farm – including the rich and syrupy espresso lot currently featured on our menu.
https://marketlane.com.au/collections/espresso-beans/products/anastase-minani
14/03/2025
Our new Filter Coffee Bundle has landed! It features the vibrant, tropical Las Alasitas from Bolivia (pineapple and purple grape with a floral finish) and the sweet and fruit-forward El Faldón from Colombia (bright and juicy acidity with tangelo and yellow nectarine). Experience and enjoy these two delicious and distinct coffees with this new seasonal bundle.
Each bag of our coffee, sold online or in-store, comes with a postcard featuring a photo of the farm and a note telling the story of the producer and celebrating what makes the coffee so special and unique.
Order the bundle: https://marketlane.com.au/collections/filter-beans/products/filter-coffee-bundle
13/03/2025
It was such a joy collaborating on our Filter Coffee at Home poster with the amazing Gemma Leslie and her team at .aus. With Gemma's signature rich colour and playful linework, this artwork perfectly captures the simple pleasure and immense joy of a coffee moment at home. We now proudly have this print displayed in our home kitchens and on our office wall, brightening and enlivening our spaces every single day!
This gorgeous print comes in two sizes, framed and unframed, and it's available in select Market Lane shops, and on our website. 💙
https://marketlane.com.au/products/food-for-everyone-market-lane-coffee-poster
07/03/2025
Our current filter line-up features beautiful, distinctive coffees from talented producers in four countries:
▫️Las Alasitas (Bolivia) – Pineapple & purple grape with a floral finish
▫️El Faldón (Colombia) – Bright & juicy acidity with tangelo & yellow nectarine
▫️La Providencia (Colombia) – Apricot & persimmon with a black tea finish
▫️Mbilima (Rwanda) – Dried apricot & hibiscus tea with a floral finish
All these coffees are roasted in small batches at our Brunswick East roastery specially for filter brewing methods, including Aeropress, pour over, Moccamaster and plunger. Which coffee will you try next?
https://marketlane.com.au/pages/coffee
05/03/2025
At Market Lane, we’re extremely lucky to work with, and be connected to, many, many extraordinary women. We are a majority women-owned company. We also have a majority women-identifying team with a majority of women in leadership/management positions. Since we opened our doors in 2009, we’ve been proud to establish and maintain long-term partnerships with some extraordinary female coffee producers.
This International Women’s Day, we want to spotlight and celebrate AMACA, a group of incredible Colombian women producers we’ve been working with since 2023. Swipe across to read about this amazing collective, and head to our Journal to learn more.
https://marketlane.com.au/blogs/journal/celebrating-the-extraordinary-women-producers-of-amaca
27/02/2025
Since August last year, we have been partnering with the amazing social enterprise to recycle our coffee chaff. To date, we’ve diverted 351kg of chaff from waste through this program.
“Coffee chaff (or silverskin or husk) is the epidermis layer on green coffee, which separates throughout a roast as the beans heat up and expand,” explains our Head Roaster, Nick. “During the roasting process, the chaff gets pulled out through the exhaust and then funnelled into a designated bin.”
Every week, the Reground team visits our Brunswick East roastery to collect all our chaff. They then deliver it just up the road to Collingwood Children’s Farm, where it’s used to line the chook pen and the sheep barn, and it’s also mixed in with compost for the market garden.
We recently stopped by for a tour of the garden and a visit with the animals. It was so wonderful to see this byproduct of our coffee production being completely repurposed and put to such great use.
24/02/2025
We're very excited to be offering El Faldón on our coffee menu for the first time. On a recent trip to Colombia, Market Lane co-founders Fleur and Jason visited producer Rubén Darío Gómez and his family on their beautiful two-hectare farm.
"One of the most amazing things about the visit was seeing Ruben's energy and entrepreneurial spirit," Fleur says. "Over the last 30 years, he's worked incredibly hard and continued to innovate and invest in his farm and supporting infrastructure in really significant ways." These innovations include the installation of an ingenious 1km-long tubing system to transport coffee cherries across the steep slopes of his farm (as pictured), and working with the local mayor to build a road into town that has been transformative for the local farming community.
Rubén's decades of hard work and dedication have resulted in some beautifully sweet, vibrant and fruit-forward coffees. In the cup, this filter lot has a bright and juicy acidity with tangelo and yellow nectarine notes. It's so good!!
https://marketlane.com.au/collections/filter-beans/products/el-faldon
23/02/2025
It’s hard to believe it’s only been a couple of months since our wholesale partners at opened their doors – we’ve heard several of their regular customers say it feels like they’ve been part of the community for a decade! It’s not hard to see why this Apollo Bay spot has become a fast favourite among the locals. A year ago, co-owners Camille and Tristan took over the lease of a house built in 1880, and set about lovingly restoring it and giving it new life. The gorgeous, homey cafe is now open and buzzing, with plenty of seating both inside and out, and a beautiful menu of nourishing house-made meals created with mostly locally sourced, organic produce and ingredients.
Shelter is open 7 days a week from 7am. They’re serving our delicious Marimbus Espresso on the bar (and through the front window!) and they’re also retailing beans for home.
20/02/2025
COFFEE WITH VOLKER HAUG STUDIO
If you’ve visited our Prahran Market, Sydney Rd or Mitchell House shops, you’ve likely spotted and admired the stunning and striking lights that were imagined, designed and created in Melbourne/Naarm by the visionary team at Volker Haug Studio.
As it happens, Volker Haug’s beautiful studio and showroom are located right behind our own roastery and office space in Brunswick East. We recently popped over for a tour of their space, a pat of Ruby the dog, and a coffee and chat with designer, Abdé Nouamani, about the lights Volker Haug have created for us, their diverse and dynamic team, and the role that coffee plays in the day-to-day running of their studio.
Read the interview: https://marketlane.com.au/blogs/journal/coffee-with-volker-haug-studio
19/02/2025
COFFEE WITH VOLKER HAUG STUDIO
If you’ve visited our Prahran Market, Sydney Rd or Mitchell House shops, you’ve likely spotted and admired the stunning and striking lights that were imagined, designed and created in Melbourne/Naarm by the visionary team at .
As it happens, Volker Haug’s beautiful studio and showroom are located right behind our own roastery and office space in Brunswick East. We recently popped over for a tour of their space, a pat of Ruby the dog, and a coffee and chat with designer, Abdé Nouamani, about the lights Volker Haug have created for us, their diverse and dynamic team, and the role that coffee plays in the day-to-day running of their studio.
Head to our Journal (link in bio) to read the interview!
17/02/2025
Our relationships with our coffee partners in Rwanda run deep – they are strong, transparent and reciprocal, based on over 15 years of talking, listening, visiting (and, of course, tasting)!
These special long-term relationships have given us the opportunity to work with some inspiring, determined, quality-focused Rwandan producers; to share their sweet, balanced and complex coffees, and their incredible stories, with our community at home each year. Swipe across to learn more!
07/02/2025
Our Prahran Market shop isn't short of sunlit corners, ready for you to sit back and soak up the weekend vibes. Swing by this weekend for a coffee, pastry or a seasonal sandwich made in-house.
06/02/2025
Our Production team hard at work, roasting and packing La Providencia to send out to our shops and online customers. This filter coffee from Colombian producer Julio Soscue Villada is clean, balanced and very sweet, with apricot and persimmon notes and a black tea finish. We especially love this coffee's winey acidity and syrupy body. We hope you enjoy!
https://marketlane.com.au/collections/filter-beans/products/la-providencia
30/01/2025
This beautiful book is back in stock! Strong Women features a collection of photos and essays spotlighting incredible Rwandan women coffee producers, telling their own stories in their own words.
“This book is about bringing to life a rarely seen side of rural African women. In most instances, they are portrayed as vulnerable. To us as their children, however, [they are] she-heroes and role models that are actively contributing to the wellbeing of families, communities, and nations” – Denyse K. Uwera (author of Strong Women)
100% of the profits from the sale of this book will be donated to ‘Supporting Strong Women’, a fundraising campaign for Rambagirakawa, a collective of women coffee producers in Northern Rwanda.
We are currently offering a beautifully complex and floral coffee from producer Victoria Mukamurenzi — a founding member of the women's collective, who is also featured in this book.
https://marketlane.com.au/products/strong-women-behind-a-strong-coffee-by-denyse-k-uwera
Photographed:
1. Soline Mukanterina
2. Odette Murekatete
3. Vestine Muhawenimana & Jeanette Mukeshimana
4. Epiphanie Ndacyayisenga
Photographer: Denyse K. Uwera
29/01/2025
Congratulations to on opening their beautiful new shop on Smith St in Fitzroy! Our dear friend (and former Market Lane shop manager) Carmen and her partner Jack have been selling (and always selling out) their amazing bagels at Carlton Farmers Market since 2023. They’ve just opened this permanent shop space, where customers can watch bagels being rolled and shaped, and then sit and enjoy one with a cup of Market Lane coffee!
Our go-to favourites are the fresh, seasonal tomato and cultured butter bagel (with the anchovy add on), and the quark with olive oil and honey bagel, but truly you cannot go wrong with anything on Masses’ menu. Carmen, Jack and their wonderful team are now making and sharing their incredible bagels Wednesday to Sunday, 7.30am–2pm.
28/01/2025
Victoria Mukamurenzi grew up learning how to grow coffee. “I have lived like this since my childhood,” she told us on a recent visit to her farm in Northern Rwanda. “I used to go together with my parents to the coffee fields, and I found that coffee is what made us grow as a family – it was our only source of income.”
As an adult, Victoria continued to grow coffee with her husband. In 2011, the pair joined the Dukunde Kawa Cooperative. They received training in agriculture and financial management, and they began to earn fair and reliable prices for their coffee. When several of the female co-op members founded the Rambagirakawa Women’s Alliance that same year, Victoria was one of the first people to join. She is now vice president of the group.
In 2018, Victoria decided to plant her own coffee plot. Her first harvest arrived in 2023 at some 200kg of cherry – we were lucky enough to offer it at Market Lane. By the following year, this volume had tripled. We deeply admire Victoria’s poise, intelligence and determination, and we’re very proud to share her sweet and complex coffee with you. We hope to continue to work with Victoria for many years to come!
https://marketlane.com.au/collections/filter-beans/products/victoria-mukamurenzi-filter-beans
24/01/2025
We view tomorrow, 26 January, as a day for self-education and reflection, and for standing in firm solidarity with First Nations people.
As a company, we continue to actively educate ourselves about the history and ongoing impact of colonialism in this country; seeking out and listening to the voices and perspectives of First Nations people – not only tomorrow, but all year.
We’re deeply grateful for the cultural and historical knowledge and the personal, often painful, truths that First Nations individuals and groups have generously shared with us. We’re committed to doing what we can to be steadfast allies and walk alongside First Nations people in a movement towards positive, concrete and much-needed change.
If you're looking for a meaningful way to spend the day tomorrow, the website has a list of online and in-person events happening around the country. In our stories, we've linked to this and other important and educational material from organisations including , , , and .
Please note that all our shops will be closed this Monday 27 Jan.
20/01/2025
How Do You Brew? with bakers Michael & Pippa James
We’ve known and admired celebrated bakers, authors and educators Michael and Pippa James for a very long time. The talented duo founded Tivoli Road Bakery, and they’ve written three beloved and internationally acclaimed cookbooks, all of which are staples in our homes.
Humble, passionate and proactive, Pippa and Michael are thought leaders and changemakers in the food world. The pair co-founded , a collective that’s focused on building a sustainable and equitable local grain economy. They also recently launched .au, an exciting initiative through which they run hands-on baking classes, teaching the wonderful recipes from their books while sharing skills and platforming native ingredients and local organic wholegrains.
We visited Pippa and Michael at home and chatted with them over a coffee about their daily coffee ritual, their perfect day off in Melbourne/Naarm, and their amazing new book, ‘Sweet Seasons: Wholesome treats for every occasion’. Head to our Journal (link in bio) to read our interview with Pippa and Michael!
19/01/2025
Finally...a truly delicious decaf!
We've wanted to offer a decaf coffee at Market Lane for a while now, and it took us a couple of years of researching and tasting to find a coffee and a decaffeination method we're happy with. Swipe across to read about this process and our San Antonio Decaf, and head to our Journal for more info about the EA decaffeination method.
https://marketlane.com.au/blogs/journal/introducing-san-antonio-decaf
17/01/2025
Producer Mauricio Rosales established La Maravilla farm in 1997 with his late father, Guillermo. At the time, they had just 3 coffee plants and a dream of establishing a successful, progressive farm. Over the years, the pair planted the land with coffee and built the infrastructure they needed. Today, Mauricio continues the family tradition by farming with his own son, Luis.
La Maravilla is now internationally recognised as one of the best coffee farms in Guatemala. We've been lucky to offer their beautiful coffees since 2013. This season's filter lot from La Maravilla is as exquisite as expected. Look for notes of cumquat and golden syrup with a black tea finish.
https://marketlane.com.au/collections/filter-beans/products/la-maravilla
15/01/2025
Some exciting news at Market Lane! We’ve been partnering with for many years, and we’re thrilled to now be offering their incredible pastries in several of our shops. You can now stop in to our Collins St CBD, Victoria St , and locations to enjoy a cup of your favourite coffee with a traditional flaky croissant, a cinnamon & cardamon morning bun, a chocolate chip cookie, or a range of other delicious sweet treats from our talented friends at Wild Life!
15/01/2025
Skip the caffeine but not the flavour with San Antonio, our first ever decaf coffee!
This decaf has been on offer on the bar in our shops and on our retail shelves for about a month now. We’re thrilled with how it’s tasting, and we’re loving the excitement and positive feedback we’re receiving from customers about this sweet and creamy coffee! In the cup, San Antonio Decaf has a smooth mouthfeel with notes of hazelnut, cocoa and apple. It tastes delicious both black and when paired with milk.
https://marketlane.com.au/collections/espresso-beans/products/san-antonio-decaf
12/01/2025
Ripe coffee cherries being delivered to the wet mill and hand-sorted by the team at Santa Isabel farm in Guatemala. We currently have two exceptional lots on offer from Santa Isabel – one for filter drinkers, and one for espresso!
https://marketlane.com.au/pages/coffee
05/01/2025
Have you tried San Antonio Decaf yet? This coffee was grown by small-scale producers in the steep hills surrounding the town of San Antonio in Inzá Colombia, where the volcanic soil, cool temperatures and high rainfall support the production of sweet and complex coffees. Farms in this area are typically small and the producers and their families perform most of the farmwork and wash-processing themselves. (Pictured above is Alfonso Pillimué, one of 14 producers who contributed to this lot.)
We love this decaf's smooth mouthfeel and delicious notes of hazelnut, cocoa and apple. Stop into our shops and enjoy a cup soon – it tastes amazing both on its own and when paired with our milk!
https://marketlane.com.au/collections/espresso-beans/products/san-antonio-decaf
02/01/2025
Stay stocked up with delicious coffee this year with a Market Lane subscription. Choose from three different subscription types, and enjoy a fully customisable experience – you choose how much coffee you'd like and how often you'd like it, and you can adjust, add on, skip or cancel at any time.
https://marketlane.com.au/pages/coffee-subscription-australia
24/12/2024
A FABULOUS TIRAMISU RECIPE FOR THE FESTIVE SEASON
Just ahead of the holidays, we asked our friends Pippa and Michael James for a recipe that features our coffee. They generously shared the recipe for their tiramisu, a stand-out from their latest book, ‘Sweet Seasons: Wholesome treats for every occasion’.
We joined and in their home to make this incredible tiramisu from scratch, and we can’t wait to recreate it over the holidays to share and savour with family and friends. You can now find the full recipe up on our Journal (link in bio). We hope you love this scrumptious dessert as much as we do!
23/12/2024
Some snaps from our recent Market Lane team party, held at in Preston. It was so wonderful to bring our front-of-house and back-of-house teams together to enjoy some delicious food and beverages, chat, catch up, play trivia, celebrate, dance, and hand out some well-deserved awards. 2024 was our 15th year of making coffee for the city that loves to drink it – and we loved getting to celebrate this milestone year all together!
22/12/2024
Our shop hours will vary over the upcoming holiday period. All our shops will be closed on the Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day public holidays, with opening hours differing by location on other days. Swipe across to see the opening hours for each of our shops. We’ll see you for a coffee soon!
20/12/2024
And we are open! Our newest (and smallest!) Market Lane shop is located in the iconic art deco Mitchell House building, right in the heart of Melbourne's CBD on Wurrundjeri Woi Wurrung country.
This shop is open 7 days a week, offering our full range of filter and espresso drinks, as well as freshly roasted coffee beans for home.
For the design of this shop, we partnered with the brilliant of , who used soft, buttery colours, curved forms, brass fixtures, and a striking feature light from to create a cosy, warm and luminous space.
We've long admired Mitchell House, for both its architecture and its inhabitants – it’s home to a community of amazing Melbourne creatives and small businesses. We’re so excited to be joining this community, and making and serving coffees in this special part of the city. Stop by for a coffee, a hello and a squiz at this beautiful little shop soon!
Market Lane Coffee – Mitchell House
📍356 Lonsdale St, Melbourne 3000
🕖️ Mon–Fri 7am–4pm & Sat–Sun 9am–4pm
18/12/2024
We’re very excited to be offering coffee from Rwandan producer Faustin Ribilimana and his partner Judith Kankera for the first time. Faustin is a member of the Dukunde Kawa Cooperative, and a 4th-generation producer. He is meticulous in his practices; the family's farm is one of the most methodically planted farms we’ve ever visited in Rwanda.
We selected this microlot off the cupping table on our recent trip to Rwanda, and there was immediate consensus among our sourcing team: this coffee is outstanding! We've roasted this lot for filter brewing – we love its silky texture and sweet, delicate cup profile and we hope to share Faustin’s coffees with you for many years to come.
https://marketlane.com.au/collections/filter-beans/products/faustin-ribilimana
Address
83-85 Victoria Street
Melbourne, VIC
3000
For public transport, take the train or tram to Flinders Street Station. Exit onto Flinders Street and head southwest towards Swanston Street. Turn left onto Swanston Street and continue until you reach Collins Street. Turn right onto Collins Street and continue until you reach Russell Street. Turn left onto Russell Street and continue until you reach Victoria Street.
For driving, take any road that leads to Victoria Parade and turn onto Victoria Street. There is street parking available along Victoria Street as well as several nearby public parking lots.
Please note that these directions are provided for general guidance and may not be the most direct route to your desired location.
Opening Hours
| Monday |
7am - 4pm |
| Tuesday |
7am - 4pm |
| Wednesday |
7am - 4pm |
| Thursday |
7am - 4pm |
| Friday |
7am - 5pm |
| Saturday |
7am - 5pm |
| Sunday |
8am - 5pm |
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What people say
Market Lane Coffee on Victoria Street in Melbourne is a must-visit for coffee lovers. The shop recently celebrated its 5th birthday, and it's clear to see why it has such a loyal community of customers. The design of the shop, created in collaboration with Sarah Trotter, perfectly captures the essence of Melbourne's markets and offers a warm and welcoming space to begin or end a trip to the Vic Market.
But it's not just the atmosphere that makes Market Lane Coffee stand out - their coffee is exceptional too. They work tirelessly to source beautiful coffees from around the world, including from Silvio Leite's farm in Brazil. Their São Benedito coffee is sweet, creamy, and smooth with notes of dark chocolate and apricot - perfect for filter brewing.
For those who want to enjoy their delicious coffee at home or on-the-go, Market Lane Coffee also offers three different brewing kits. Their Pour Over Kit contains everything you need to make a lighter-bodied, complex cup of pour-over coffee at home while their Jet Set Kit lets you make a clean and full-bodied AeroPress brew.
Overall, Market Lane Coffee on Victoria Street is an excellent choice for anyone looking for high-quality coffee in a welcoming environment.
