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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
18/12/2024
As the holidays fast approach, we asked some of the most knowledgeable coffee professionals we know – our amazing team members! – to tell us about the coffee gear they love to use at home and gift to friends and family. Swipe across to see the brew gear and homewares that help make their daily coffee ritual more special and enjoyable.
And, until midnight tomorrow, enjoy free Express Post shipping on all orders over $60 on our website!
15/12/2024
Some of our customers may have noticed, we’ve recently made the switch to using sugarcane straws. We love these straws because, like paper straws, they’re biodegradable and flavour-free but they hold their structure while in use. They’re also a more sustainable option, as they’re made from sugarcane, which is a low-emission material. Just in time for summer, all our shops are now offering these straws with our delicious iced drinks!
13/12/2024
INTRODUCING...SAN ANTONIO DECAF!
We are over the moon to be releasing our first ever decaffeinated coffee! We’ve spent a long time looking for a decaffeination process that preserves the coffee’s quality and its taste of place, and we’re thrilled to finally bring you this very sweet and delicious decaf.
Produced by 9 small-scale producers in Colombia, San Antonio Decaf is sweet and clean with a buttery mouthfeel and notes of hazelnut, cocoa and apple. This coffee is now available on the bar in all our shops, as well as on our retail shelves and website for home brewing. It’s perfect for anyone who wants to skip the caffeine and still enjoy a beautiful cup of coffee!
https://marketlane.com.au/collections/espresso-beans/products/san-antonio-decaf
08/12/2024
Surprise a coffee lover with a Market Lane Coffee Subscription this holiday season, and make all their mornings extra delicious. Choose a 3, 6 or 12 month subscription, and we’ll take care of the rest – selecting and roasting special and diverse microlots and delivering them to the lucky recipient’s door every two weeks, roasted just the way they like it. Best gift ever!
03/12/2024
Looking for a thoughtful and useful high-quality gift for someone who loves coffee? We've got you sorted with the ultimate gift bundle. Our gorgeous Coffee Lover's Gift Pack includes a Market Lane Tote Bag, 2 Market Lane Enamel Cups, a copy of our Brew Guide, and 2 bags of fresh, seasonal coffee beans, roasted for espresso or filter brew methods (you choose)! And don't forget, we offer a special by-donation gift-wrap service, with all funds raised donated to .
https://marketlane.com.au/collections/coffee-gift-bundles
01/12/2024
We love the festive season because it’s a time to connect with friends and family; to savour long sunny afternoons around the table, sharing stories and food and, of course, many cups of coffee! Our current line-up features seasonal coffees freshly landed from Colombia, Ethiopia and Guatemala, all ready to be brewed, shared and enjoyed with�loved ones this summer. Stop into any of our shops, or head to our website, to stock up on yummy beans for the holiday hosting season.
https://marketlane.com.au/pages/coffee
01/12/2024
We love the festive season because it’s a time to connect with friends and family; to savour long sunny afternoons around the table, sharing stories and food and, of course, many cups of coffee! Our current line-up features seasonal coffees freshly landed from Colombia, Ethiopia and Guatemala, all ready to be brewed, shared and enjoyed with loved ones this summer. Stop into any of our shops, or head to our website (link in bio), to stock up on yummy beans for the holiday hosting season.
26/11/2024
2024 marks 13 years of our coffee partnership with Luis ‘Wicho’ Valdés and Santa Isabel Estate (pictured) in Guatemala’s Alta Verapaz department. Wicho is a 5th-generation producer who runs Santa Isabel with great care and a precise attention to detail, carefully balancing tradition with innovation. In recent years, he has been working hard to make his agricultural processes more sustainable. Through the application of natural micro-organisms to his coffee trees, Wicho has managed to cut out all use of pesticides and most of his fungicide use. As he puts it, “Instead of investing more in medicine, we want to invest more in nutrition.” This approach has led to healthier, more resilient trees that produce deliciously distinct and wonderfully complex coffees.
One such coffee is on our current espresso menu! Roasted for espresso machine and stovetop brewing, Santa Isabel has notes of brown sugar and pineapple with vanilla in the cup. We hope you enjoy!
https://marketlane.com.au/collections/espresso-beans/products/santa-isabel-espresso-beans
24/11/2024
A Gift Guide for Coffee Lovers
At this time of year, we love to give high quality, thoughtful gifts that will be used, adored and appreciated for many years to come. Our Holiday Gift Guide features special brew gear and homewares and limited-edition gift packs that will put a smile on a coffee lover’s face on Christmas morning, and every morning after! Swipe across to see some of our favourite coffee gifts, and head to our website for the full guide!
https://marketlane.com.au/pages/gift-guide
Address
Rear Of 513 Elizabeth Street
Melbourne, VIC
3000
To get to the coffee shop located at Rear of 513 Elizabeth Street in Melbourne, you can take public transport by using either the Tram or Train. If you prefer taking the tram, take route 19 or route 59 and alight at the Queen Victoria Market or Elizabeth Street stop. Alternatively, if you decide to take the train, take any line and alight at Melbourne Central, then walk toward Elizabeth Street.
If you're driving, there are several parking options nearby. You may consider parking your car along Franklin Street or Queen Victoria Market as they offer parking lots for long-term and short-term parking. Another option would be to use the nearby Wilson Parking structure on Little LaTrobe Street.
Overall, getting to this coffee shop is convenient with various public transportation options and several parking options for those driving.
Opening Hours
Tuesday |
7am - 2pm |
Thursday |
7am - 2pm |
Friday |
7am - 5pm |
Saturday |
7am - 3pm |
Sunday |
8am - 4pm |
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What people say
Market Lane Coffee, located at the rear of 513 Elizabeth Street in Melbourne, is a coffee shop that has been serving its loyal community of coffee-loving customers for five years now. The shop's warm and welcoming space was designed by Sarah Trotter, who envisioned it as a gateway to the markets themselves. Market Lane Victoria Street is the perfect place to begin and end a Vic Market trip, offering an entry point both physically and materially to a classic Melbourne experience.
One of the things that sets Market Lane Coffee apart from other coffee shops is their commitment to sourcing beautiful coffees from around the world. For three years in a row now, they have been excited to offer coffee from Silvio Leite's farm in Brazil. São Benedito is sweet, creamy and smooth with notes of dark chocolate and apricot. They've roasted this coffee for filter brewing, and customers are sure to love it as much as they do.
For those who want to make their own coffee at home or on the go, Market Lane Coffee offers three different brewing kits that contain all the gear you need to get started. Their Pour Over Kit contains everything you need to make a lighter bodied, complex and beautiful cup of pour over coffee at home. The Jet Set Kit lets you make a clean and full-bodied cup of coffee on the go, while their Aeropress Kit is perfect for those who want a quick and easy way to brew delicious coffee at home or work.
Overall, Market Lane Coffee is an excellent choice for anyone looking for high-quality coffee in Melbourne. With their commitment to sourcing beautiful coffees from around the world and their dedication to creating a warm and welcoming space for their customers, it's no wonder they have such a loyal following.