Barista pouring espresso
Small-batch · Direct trade · Roasted weekly

MARROW

From bean to bone.

A specialty coffee roastery on Lygon Street. Eight single origins, sourced direct from farms we've visited, roasted in a Loring drum every Tuesday and Friday.

Free shipping over $50Roasted to order
Ethiopia · Yirgacheffe
Colombia · Inzá
Guatemala · Huehuetenango
Kenya · Nyeri
Indonesia · Sumatra
Brazil · Cerrado
Costa Rica · Tarrazú
Honduras · Marcala
Ethiopia · Yirgacheffe
Colombia · Inzá
Guatemala · Huehuetenango
Kenya · Nyeri
Indonesia · Sumatra
Brazil · Cerrado
Costa Rica · Tarrazú
Honduras · Marcala
Just landed
Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Lot 22 bag
Lot 22 · 2026 Harvest
New
release

Single Origin · Washed

Ethiopia
Yirgacheffe
Lot 22

Picked at 2,100m above sea level by 137 smallholders in the Konga cooperative. Washed and dried 18 days on raised beds. A floral, almost weightless cup.

Tasting notes
BlueberryBergamotJasmineMilk chocolate
250g bag
$28
Roast
Light
The Origin Map

Eight farms,
eight stories.

Every bean we roast is traceable to a farm, a co-op, or a single producer. Hover a dot to read the story.

Carlton
Active origin Carlton roastery
The Coffee

Single origins,
eight at a time.

Our roster rotates with the harvest. We only buy what we love and we stop when the lot runs out — usually 8–12 weeks.

Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Lot 22
New
Washed
Ethiopia
$28

Yirgacheffe Lot 22

Blueberry · Jasmine · Bergamot

Roast
Light
Kenya Nyeri AA
Washed
Kenya
$30

Nyeri AA

Blackcurrant · Tomato leaf · Cane sugar

Roast
Light
Colombia Inzá
Washed
Colombia
$24

Inzá

Red apple · Caramel · Toffee

Roast
Light–Med
Guatemala Huehuetenango
Washed
Guatemala
$26

Huehuetenango

Stone fruit · Cocoa · Black tea

Roast
Light–Med
Costa Rica Tarrazú Honey
Honey
Costa Rica
$27

Tarrazú Honey

Honey · Orange peel · Vanilla

Roast
Light–Med
Honduras Marcala COMSA
Natural
Honduras
$25

Marcala COMSA

Plum · Dark chocolate · Walnut

Roast
Medium
Brazil Cerrado Reserva
Espresso
Pulped natural
Brazil
$22

Cerrado Reserva

Hazelnut · Brown sugar · Milk chocolate

Roast
Med–Dark
Indonesia Sumatra Lintong
Wet-hulled
Indonesia
$26

Sumatra Lintong

Tobacco · Cedar · Dark chocolate

Roast
Dark
Subscriptions

A delivery
on your kitchen counter,
every time you'd run out.

Choose your cadence. Let us pick what's tasting best — or pick your own from the rotation. Cancel any time.

Each cycle we send what's tasting most exciting. Surprise yourself.

For the daily ritualists.

Weekly

$56/ month
  • 250g delivered every 7 days
  • First access to new lots
  • Free shipping always
  • Pause anytime
Most loved
Our most popular cadence.

Fortnightly

$32/ month
  • 250g delivered every 14 days
  • Roaster's choice or pick your own
  • Free shipping always
  • Pause, swap, skip — anytime
An easy beginning.

Monthly

$24/ month
  • 250g delivered every 28 days
  • Two origin options each cycle
  • Free shipping on orders over $50
  • Pause anytime

Gift subscriptions also available — pre-paid, three, six or twelve months.

Brew Guides

Four methods,
our recipes.

Recipes change with the bean. These are the ones we keep scribbled on the back of the bar.

V60
Method 01
V60

Clarity. Brightness. The pour that taught us all to slow down.

Dose
15g coffee
Ratio
1 : 16
Time
2:45
Grind
Medium-fine
  1. 1.Bloom with 45g water for 35 seconds.
  2. 2.Pour to 130g by 1:00, slow spirals.
  3. 3.Top to 240g by 1:45. Let it draw down.
  4. 4.Aim to finish around 2:45 total brew time.
Aeropress
Method 02
Aeropress

Forgiving, portable, and somehow always delicious.

Dose
17g coffee
Ratio
1 : 14
Time
2:00
Grind
Medium
  1. 1.Inverted method. Add coffee, then 240g water at 88°C.
  2. 2.Stir gently and steep for 1:30.
  3. 3.Cap, flip, and press slowly for 30 seconds.
  4. 4.Dilute to taste with hot water if needed.
Chemex
Method 03
Chemex

The clean cup. Built for sharing on Sunday mornings.

Dose
30g coffee
Ratio
1 : 17
Time
4:30
Grind
Medium-coarse
  1. 1.Rinse the thick filter with hot water; discard.
  2. 2.Bloom 30g coffee with 60g water for 45 seconds.
  3. 3.Pour in three even pulses to 510g total.
  4. 4.Drawdown should finish around 4:30.
Espresso
Method 04
Espresso

Nine bars, twenty-seven seconds, and a little patience.

Dose
18g in / 36g out
Ratio
1 : 2
Time
27 sec
Grind
Fine
  1. 1.Dose 18g into a 58mm basket.
  2. 2.Distribute, tamp level at 15kg.
  3. 3.Pull for 36g yield in 25–28 seconds.
  4. 4.Adjust grind finer if too fast; coarser if too slow.
Loring drum roaster in the Carlton roastery
Our roaster
Loring S15
Falcon
Since 2019
The Roastery

Seven years
on Lygon Street.

MARROW was started by Clare Voss and James Park in 2019, in a converted brick warehouse two doors down from the trams. The Loring arrived on a wet Tuesday and hasn't stopped since.

We roast in small batches — never more than 15kg at a time — because we want every bag to taste like the lot it came from, not the calendar week we cleared the hopper.

Our ethics statement

"Direct trade isn't a marketing word for us. We've sat on the drying patios. We've paid above Fair Trade for every kilo since we started. We'd rather buy less, and pay more."

Traceable

Every bean to a farm, co-op, or producer.

Direct trade

Paid 30–60% above C-market in 2025.

Carbon-neutral

Loring uses 80% less gas than drum standard.

The Café

A small bar
two doors down from the Loring.

MARROW café bar in Carlton, Melbourne
The bar · 6:30am, Tuesday
Find us
214 Lygon Street
Carlton, VIC 3053
Open in maps
Hours
  • Monday – Friday7:00 – 16:00
  • Saturday8:00 – 16:00
  • Sunday8:00 – 15:00
  • Public holidaysClosed

Eight stools at the bar, two benches outside, and a slot in the door for grain delivery on Wednesdays.