Created as part of a challenge on this season's The Block, Mister Zen isn't merely riding the renovation reality television show's coat tails. Natalie and Sam Osborne, who also own Piccolo in Prahran, met The Block crew several seasons ago and bought a coffee caravan to cater to the crew, contestants and tradies on the strength of the bond that formed. Now they've taken over the base of the old Hotel Saville site, home to The Blocktagon apartments for a bricks-and-mortar cafe

Last year Brenchley Architects were invited to design the Commercial interiors of the new Single Origin Roasters HQ in Botany. Not a single staff member here can hide from our good coffee addiction or our passion for sustainability, the response was a resounding yes yes yes ! It also was a project that Brenchley Architects was keen to get their teeth into as it had all the elements that would allow creativity, with the demand of tight technical specifications