Coffee drinking in Australia is very different from US/Canada, maybe because it used to be a tea drinking country (maybe 10% coffee) and converted to coffee under the influence of espresso-drinking cultures (mediterranean immigrants). Now it is more like 90% coffee in restaurants, with tea mostly drunk at home. So where US/Canada perks cheap and cheerful coffee at home and work, Aussies might brew tea; saving the restaurant coffee drinking for espresso machines. Rather amazing how tastes change in a generation or 2. One consequence is that the worst cup of coffee in Australia is about equal to the best in the US (obviously an exaggeration, but you get the idea). Even the milk tastes better.