The top ten scores for the Premier League Fantasy Football are as follows. Winner of 5 free coffees for the month of August is Matt Riches. Jeremy started off on top but kinda flopped last week, is the pressure getting too much for Team Dickson? Henry looks like he might be the one to watch in September but there's nothing daring about 5 in defense, more like Henry's Cautious Devils and also look out for the Kiss of Death. When you're in next ask Nitish what his inside tip is. It worked for him last week. I'm expecting more from the Hungry Weasel, maybe he's eating too well these days, all that fine food at Circa, maybe change your name to Content Weasel.. with scores like that Clarkey. 
Game on September!

1	the luciel balls	Matt Riches	61	193
2	Mutton Chop	Luke Mutton	56	182
3	Anoos United	Simon Boucher	33	176
4	El Toro Grande Utd	Kevin Wong	52	175
5	oldbogotonians	Jeremy Dickson	37	173
6	Gooners	Ryan Marks	36	153
7	henry's daredevils	henry preston	58	149
8	teekaywhy	Kai Yau Teo	51	146
9	Hungry Weasel	Andrew Clark	45	144
10	Kiss of Death	Nitish Kissoondhery	62	142

Staff Wanted: We are currently seeking a full time waiter, barista and chef.  
Please email resume or apply in person. Not at lunch time, though I'm sure I don't have to say that!


Requirements;
Waiter - Efficient, speedy & punctual. Friendly.  
Barista - Experienced. Passionate about coffee and other brewing methods. 
Chef - Cool head. Interested in regional & seasonal produce. (Day time work only.


luke@deadmanespresso.com.au

There was a nice spread on us in the September edition of the Delicious magazine.  Not sure if there are any copies left, think Mum has bought them all.  It's great to be included in a mag that we buy and the exposure it generates.  We are somewhat in no-mans land, nestled amongst the brothels, near the freeway and away from the hub of Clarendon St and South Melbourne Market and so word of mouth and articles like this helps let people know where we are.  Good to see Nashy make it into another magazine.  We also had a mention in the latest Gourmet Traveller Wine mag as part of a guide to Melbourne by Matt Skinner.   Awesome.  Thanks Matt. 

From Market Lane Coffee this week served as pour over we have the Kenya Mtaro. Also from Seven Seeds we have Tanzanian Peaberry Songea, sweet with good acidity which is also in our Dead Man blend along with the Bolivian Cup of Excellence Lot 11 & Sulawesi Toarco. 

Went to the Collingwood Farmers Market for the first time on Saturday.  There were a few meat producers I wanted to check out, like Warialda Belted Galloway Beef and Hook & Spoon.  Had read about Hook & Spoon and liked their ethos.  Would like to see these guys twittering more as we're interested in learning more about their produce and how their day is made up. 
Had my hands full with Bowie, so could only grab a few items.  Brought back some Mutton Backstraps which we tried as a lunch special today.  Man, the Mutton was so tender.  Also grabbed some Royal Blue Potatoes from Jones Potatoes(had a pretty good selection there), so Nitish whipped up a Mutton Forrest Garniture w Pepperberry Spice. The plan is to get to a farmers market each weekend and learn more about the regions & it's produce. Bring back some new goods and give it to our MacGyver in the kitchen, Nitish and see what we can make. 

Here's a little vid of the Collingwood Farmers Market. 

Before we opened, almost a year ago, I spent a lot of time looking at design blogs as well as coffee and food blogs... and still do!  They're so addictive and there are so many out there and they're free.  Just like anyone I'd prefer a magazine or book but that's just not practical nor affordable.  It's tricky finding time to keep this blog alive which is a bit annoying as I wanted more for it. Twitter has been the saviour.  I don't do Facebook but Kylie does and I hate emailing but I swear by Twitter.  It's such a good learning tool. Instead of blogging I've found myself spending more time following peoples tweets.  If they've found something worth reading, say on coffee, they will tweet it and I'll read it.  So in a way I just let it come to me.  We seem to get  a few people asking questions about suppliers, furniture, coffee etc.  Some as customers, others as new business owners like us.  This is our first business and if we can pass on any information we are only to happy to do so.  We'll try to keep this blog up to date but if we get a bit slack come and get me from Twitter Land and drag me back here. 

Dead Man Espresso's Premier League Fantasy Football is about to kick off. Still time to join though, go to www.premierleague.com and register, then email me for code to join our private league. It doesn't matter if you sign up after the first game, you may just be behind a few points. But you'll probably still be ahead of Alex Lobov. All Dead Man customers are welcome and twitter followers. 5 Free coffee's to the highest score for the month(I know, I know, broke the bank on that one) and $100 cash prize for the overall winner.
Game on!

Dear Blog, apologies for our absence as of late.... but we have something we think is great - Rainbow Chard w fig & walnut open sandwich...oh and a little blue cheese...yummmm!  Now wasn't that worth the wait!

Todays lunch special was a bit of a treat. Fresh Blue Fin Tuna prepared four different ways, seared, sashimi, tartare & pan fried with spinach. It literally melted in your mouth. Big thanks to the affable Matt. More please!

Nice write up about Dead Man in the latest Weekly Review, featuring our one and only Trent Nash. Kudos mate. While I'm still asking a customer what coffee they want and what their name is, Nashy has already made it. He's pretty bloody good like that. Also check out one of our old crew, young Willy Glover(Dapper!!!) who featured prior to Nashy & who is now working over with the good crew at Auction Rooms...  (Photos by Darrian Traynor). 
The Weekly Review

Seven Seeds 1st Anniversary Party last night. Beer supplied by The Good Brew Co. and food by the Beat Box Kitchen. Always a great night.

The best 'faux-mid-sentence-poser' Juzzie and Jason

New winter operating hours: Monday to Friday 7am - 4pm. Saturday & Sunday 8am - 4pm. We wouldn't mind having an extra hour in bed on Saturday... we know you do! Kitchen closes 3pm everyday. 

Italian wine tasting at Seven Seeds last night. Thanks Mark & Bridget for inviting us along. Loved it. And of course, thanks Matt from Trembath and Taylor . 

From Market Lane Coffee this week, we have their Tanzania Blackburn Estate Shades of September as pour over. We are coming to the end of this tasty bean, but more juicy singles to come.  So get in quick to pick yourself up a bag. We sell Market Lane coffee to take home in 250gm bags. 
Been to Market Lane yet? No. Well here's some snaps to show you how awesome it is. Located at Prahran Market, it's just up from Chapel St, near Aldi.  
It's beautifully designed. The attention to detail is impressive. Love the space and layout. The crew are passionate and just kinda awesome and their green bean selection is why we want to serve their coffee in-house. 

Sorry. Busy. Can't blog. Working on new menu and other things. Also camera is overseas. Still love you though. 

We are open all weekend. Anzac Day hours are: Sunday 8am - 3pm & Monday 8am - 3pm. Kitchen closes at 2pm. 

Colombian Carlos Imbachi wins the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) 'Coffee of the Year'


Our DEAD MAN BLEND is roasted of course by Seven Seeds. This blend will always change... depending on what's crackin over there in Seedland and at the moment, it's crackin!! They have given us a few variations to play with. Currently in the hopper is 65% Colombian Carlos Imbachi and 35% Ethiopian Guji. Two outstanding beans together. As mentioned the Imbachi won SCAA's Coffee of the year, check it out on their website: Carlos Imbachi coffee (Finca Buenavista, San Augustin, Huila) and it's blended with the Guji, which is one of my fav's. I love this blend at the moment, it's full bodied and rich n' caramelly, n' chocolatey but the Guji just pokes, it's sweet, fruity, bright nose out and voila!  Though it will probably be gone by lunchtime on Saturday, the next blend will have Carlos, Guji and Mussasa together. Can't wait to try this. Then I believe we've got another variation after that. Which one will we go with???

 Part of today's lunch special, Edible flowers, baby beets, red radish, baby gold beets & baby turnips

We're going to try and get out to some farmers markets more often, find some good produce, whip it up as a special or use it in our menu. Today was the Melbourne Showgrounds Farmers' Market. Bought some tasty heirloom tomatoes, fresh/raw pistachios(when you crunch all the shells/skins up the taste like juicy ripe mangoes), pine mushrooms and a few other bits and pieces. Came across another brand of milk, which I took back to the cafe and tried it out. All agree that it was really nice, the sweetness was there but wasn't overpowering and really loved how the coffee came through. It also didn't give you that full feeling or kinda fatty-ness and was pretty smooth. Looking forward to getting back in there tomorrow and trying some more. Also the farmer gets a better deal, can't remember why, the very friendly owners daughter gave us a rundown, will look into this a bit more but it sounded good. 

You can now take home our house made jams, Dead Man Jam. Currently we have Mixed Berry, Grapefruit Marmalade, Peach & Wild Rosella jam. Also you can take home our Dead Man Granola, which consists of Pumpkin, sunflower & sesame seeds, almonds & rolled oats. And for some other cool news... you can now take home coffee from Market Lane. Try their Tanzania Blackburn Estate Shades of September Microlot, very sweet coffee. And of course you can pick up a bag of Seven Seeds Espresso blend or the Dead Man blend. Note: While stocks last. It's not feasible to stock copious amounts of retail beans. We're not a coffee roaster. We serve the Dead Man and Seven Seeds blend through our coffee machine and hence can sell them retail as we usually have good stock, however the Dead Man will be first to go. Even though we offer different types of singles, from roasters like the above two and Coffee Supreme and Small Batch we only ever buy in small quantities, 250 gm bags. This way we get to offer a wide variety of great coffees that are floating around Melbourne and it's always fresh..  2- 7days old. At times we can have up to 2 singles each from the above roasters, we would put them through the Synesso, as well as serving them as pour over, if we had another 1 or 2 grinders. Anyone care to donate a grinder? From Seven Seeds this week we have Guji & Carlos.. as mentioned in my tweets, these guys are on first name basis! Coming soon is our very own bread made for us by Noisette. You'll be able to take home fresh bread, as well as jams, muesli and coffee... shit... I've just made us redundant!