SIXPENCE COFFEE

There’s a lot of good coffee in Bright these days, and Sixpence makes some of the best. Luke Dudley and Tabath Bennett’s rustic tin-shed café and roastery are so busy they’ve decided to shift the roastery to larger premises, which they’ll share with gin-maker Reed & Co Distilling, run by Hamish Nugent and Rachel Reed, who also ran the now-closed Tani Eat & Drink in Bright. The Sixpence café and its grassy outdoor area will remain largely unchanged, but for increased focus on a range of bulk-fermented sourdough and pastries that are baked on site. “I thought at first that it would be just me in a shed roasting and serving coffee on a really small scale,” Dudley says. “That didn’t exactly work out.” Sixpence Coffee, 35 Churchill Ave, Bright, (03) 5755 1242, sixpencecoffee.com.au; open Mon-Fri 7.30am-2.30pm