The Herb Centre/Addington Coffee Co-op

The Herb Centre; This dreamy place is made of an adorable corner cafe that serves generally veggie snacks (there’s only one meat-eating choice in the selection…) as well as brews the New Zealand Coffee Awards 2009-10 Gold Award winning, New Brighton-based Switch Espresso.

It is additionally an remarkably stocked dispensary/ health retailer that provides a multitude of nutritional supplements, organic body goods and every essential oil you can possibly imagine, an outdoor garden along with a medical clinic that delivers midwifery services, alternative addiction therapy, and herbal and naturopathic remedies. Phew. It is really fundamentally the only one-stop-shop for the granola sect in the entire city (that we know about, anyway…in case your company is one, as well, make sure you email us!). It is an alternative style cafe Christchurch ought to be pleased with!

The area, located on Kilmore St, is fittingly calming, having hard wood floors, significant, exposed windows which shower the area in heavenly light, and also the relaxing aromas of lavender and patchouli. It really is splendidly one of a kind (look the cute as drawings of dancing eggs around the blackboard wall menus!) and the food is fresh and very good, try the gluten free, DF Winter season Root Veg Cake, it turned out a hit in my partly vegetarian household. Come the summer time, I think the garden will probably be packed with revellers trying to find a serene place to chill out having a mug and a socially mindful slice.

Addington Coffee Co-op; Situated on Lincoln Rd, core to Addington village, Addington Coffee Co-op is a quaintly opulent, all-natural light filled cafe and roastery that spins Blondie, roasts and peddles their very own brand of Fair Trade (and DELICIOUS) coffee and seems like your living room (if you’re the type of individual whose living room has a pitch-perfect amount of subdued kitsch and also the most affecting ambiance on the block).

The company, located inside a sizeable former mechanics workshop, used 9 months to perfect as well as earthquake proof (that’s opportune!) and it’s jam-packed to the brim at all times of the day having an assorted combination of youthful neo-hipsters, chatty stay-at-home-mums and expensive looking suits seeking out a comfy position for a lunchtime conference plus a top quality, recently produced slice, pastry or sandwich. Along with ultra cool and sensitive utilization of Fair Trade coffee, in addition, they offer for sale “organic threads” manufactured by survivors of the sex-trade in Calcutta

And so, in conclusion: their coffee is fantastic, their furnishings is remarkable as well as their business practices are morally righteous. Need I say more?

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