What do you get when you take an old favourite and add plenty of imagination to it?
A chance to sample some of the most unique concoctions of coffee-infused cocktails over one night.
It's all part of Coffee Exchange by Mr Black, a collaboration between Ballarat Heritage Weekend and Plate Up Ballarat.
Get your taste buds ready for a night of carefully crafted cocktails by some of Ballarat's best baristas and bartenders.
Complimenting the cocktails will be Charlotte Smith and her collection of vintage fashion, as well as Sydney magician Adam Mada.
Coffee Exchange by Mr Black will take place at The Mining Exchange on Saturday 25 May from 7.30pm.
Tickets are $25 and can be purchased online at plateupballarat.com.au
What's on the menu
- Espresso old fashioned - Mitchell Harris
- A cold drip coffee with Mr Black's spiced rum and coconut - Lost Ones Gallery
- Cold brew coffee with tequila - Workshop Cafe
- Negroni - Hop Temple
- Vietnamese iced coffee - Moon and Mountain
- Mocha martini with Grounded Pleasures cocoa - Kittelty's
- The long walk home cider cocktail with coffee beans - Café Sidra
- Autumn dirty chai cocktail with Wild Timor Coffee and Prana Chai Tea - Healthy Hub
- St Ali coffee with Picon Club and Anejo tequila - Lola @ The Provincial
- Turmeric espresso martini - Freight Bar
- Canberra Ginger Lily with Mr Black coffee liquor - The Canberra Hotel; and,
- Coffee-flavoured gelato at Il Picollo Gelato
But, that's not all this Ballarat Heritage Weekend …
A series of other foodie events, in collaboration with Plate Up Ballarat, will also take place over this year's Ballarat Heritage Weekend.
Food In Focus - Peter Ford catering at the National Centre for Photography
Preview Ballarat's newest gallery before joining renown local chef Peter Ford for a curated menu of food and wine.
MELBA-inspired high tea at Craig's Royal Hotel
Celebrate Dame Nellie Melba's birthday with an afternoon tea inspired by chef Auguste Escoffier.
Ballarat Heritage Weekend also presents Milk Bar and Co at Housey Housey, and The Tea Trolley at The Canberra Hotel. Both events are now sold out.
