Australians are discriminating coffee drinkers. Walk into any café and it’s the aroma of coffee beans that captivates. From coast to red centre, it is the (hot) beverage of choice.
But coffee hasn’t always been King. Tea was the number one beverage of Anglo-Celtic Australians from British settlement in 1788 to the 1950s. The iconic image of Australian outback life is of a swagman sitting around a fire with a "billy" on the boil for tea. Perhaps the most famous example is found in Banjo P
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