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Smooth and mild flat whites (a bit too milky). Nice comfy couches upstairs
Pretty decent coffee usually. Friendly staff and room to sit but can get busy.
Nearby cafes
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Cafe MoMo
14 Thynne St, Bruce ACT 2617, Australia
Pleasant coffee (flat white). Always very busy with staff from nearby offices, but staff are still cheerful and friendly. Open for breakfast and lunch Monday to Saturday.
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Retro Café
University Dr S, Canberra ACT 2617, Australia
If you’re just after something brown and hot (but not scalding) at $3 a cup, this place could be your new best friend at UC. It’s usually not busy because it isn’t on the main concourse. Sizzle and Mizzuna do a nicer coffee but they’re usually super busy.
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Semesters
Kirinari St, Bruce ACT 2617, Australia
Usually an OK coffee (though a bit harsh today), situated above the Refectory coffee lounge. This is the quietest area to get a brew on the UC campus.
Semesters is a ‘slow food’ restaurant serving locally sourced ingredients for lunch, and morning/af…
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Refectory
University of Canberra, 1 Kirinari St, Bruce ACT 2617, Australia
Surprisingly OK flat whites from the Refec coffee shop these days (I avoided it for years), but I wouldn’t try ordering anything complicated. Ona coffee beans.
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Zierholz
University of Canberra, 11 Kirinari St, Bruce ACT 2617, Australia
Zierholz roasts their own beans and my flat white was quite strong but very nice. They are mostly a uni pub that sells artisanal beer, cider and wood-fired pizza, but they have an express coffee line.
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Sizzle Cafe
University of Canberra, University Dr, Bruce ACT 2617, Australia
Sizzle Cafe is an outlet of Sizzle Bento - bizarrely it serves Japanese food, sandwiches, coffee and gelato. Coffee is tasty and consistent, but it can be hard work ordering depending on who’s on the counter. (Cup of XXX misheard as cappuccino, and corr…