Overview
Redfern's brimming with good coffee nowadays, from the legendary talents of Coffee Tea and Me, to the sandwich wizards at Scout's Honour and the lauded skills of the Three Williams baristas. But there's a new kid on the block, serving up solid cups of espresso goodness on Redfern Street. And they're only $3. This teeny cafe might seem new to the likes of the inner west, but south Sydney has been lining up for this brew for years.
Meet Communion Coffee, the very first city offshoot cafe for Sutherland's White Horse Coffee. WHC has built up quite the cult following over the years, sourcing, roasting and extracting specialty coffee in both their Flora Street espresso bar and roastery. Lines out the door are commonplace at the espresso bar, customer nicknames are ingrained, baristas are seriously loyal.
So after solidifying their community in the south, WHC set their sights on a more northern location — picking Redfern for their first venture outside the Shire. Named 'Communion', the Redfern Street cafe started with a need to bring people together over coffee — both within the cafe, but more significantly between south and inner Sydney.
Communion's run by two of White Horse's best, Benji and Kyle. They're keeping coffees at $3 (which let's be honest, is a bloody steal). If you're feeling peckish, Communion has a modest food menu — various flaky pastries alongside brekkie rolls ($8), muesli ($7) and an avo smash ($10). But soon you could be feasting on smoked barbecue goodness; Benji's keen to get a smoker out the back — think smoked brisket, portobello mushrooms, haloumi, you name it, they're thinking of smoking it.
Find Communion Coffee at 86 Redfern Street, Redfern. Open Monday to Friday 6am - 3pm, Saturday and Sunday 8am - 2pm.
To go straight to the source, find White Horse Coffee's espresso bar at Shop 2/137 Flora Street, Sutherland.