Once a Waitress

I managed to avoid the shite that is early morning public transport in Melbourne up until recently. What with all the off-peak waitressing and the living in blissfully traffic-free Tasmania and all that. That’s changed now. I too cram my ever expanding self onto a train every morning (when it finally arrives) and stand nose to armpit with a total stranger, bearing the facial expression of someone who has just been informed of the death of a distant relative, slightly swaying back and forth and wishing those stupid voice-over announcements we’re not so damned loud.

Then this little coffee shack thingo opened at my train station. Practically on top of it really. This nice lass called Steph gets up way earlier than most of us every morning to stand in a room barely larger than a toilet cubicle and make (well above average standard) lattes for four hours. Bravo to her!

It’s super new, so they don’t do much yet. In fact, they do this:

The tea is just shitty Twining’s tea-bags but I’m assured nicer tea is on the way. But make your own tea at home anyway don’t be so bloody lazy – 3.50 for a teabag in a cup of hot water is silly. There will be muffins and things soon too, that could be nice.I didn’t ask about the terroir of the coffee beans or the iodine levels in the soy milk or anything. It was 7am in the morning for fucks sake I was hardly on the ball.

It’s all a bit new, but the coffee is good (although Gravity, which is not a fave) and the service is lovely. Especially at the ungodly hour of the morning that I arrive at Hawthorn Station, so bonus points there. I may not get a seat on the train – but I do have coffee and that does add a certain smugness factor to start my day.

I wonder if there is a shack on the other side of the platform? They could do a roaring trade in martinis and cold beers between 5 and 7pm.

Coffee Shack (or whatever it’s actually called it’s a bit hard to tell)
Hawthorn Train Station, the platform that goes to the city
6am – 10am Monday-Friday

Tags: Coffee, Hawthorn, Train Station

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