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The coffee
Flat whites, long blacks, short blacks and frappes, brewed on Vice Espresso from Canterbury. Soy, oat and almond on the wand, syrups if you want them, extra shots if you need them.
The story
The man who retired instant coffee.
As one longtime regular tells it, Chris was the first professional barista in Timaru. Before him, the best coffee in town came out of a tin. The Grindhouse is the specialised coffee outlet he built for the town he converted, one flat white at a time.
The name works twice: the coffee grind, and the grindhouse cinema. So the walls wear Predator, Blacula and Invasion of the Saucer-Men, the shelves carry film reels and vinyl, and the couch cushions say popcorn. Simple, no fuss, and entirely itself.
