Heating and Cooling

Broken Aircon Unit

My brother is obsessed with the cold. He loves cranking up (or cranking down? I’m not really sure of the lingo) the air conditioner in summer and even in winter, which I find super frustrating. He said he’s warm-blooded and has to have the air conditioner on or he’ll overheat. I think it’s a bit …

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Air Conditioning Revenge

My brother ate my ice cream that I had hidden in the freezer. I’m so mad. It’s in the middle of summer and I purposely saved my ice cream for tonight because I knew it was going to be hot. I just went to the freezer to retrieve it, and it’s gone. I’ve looked everywhere, …

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Rental Air Conditioning

I just moved out of home with a group of friends! We’re all pretty poor and so none of us could afford to live somewhere new or live alone, and so we’ve moved out together! I’m really excited and happy about it. The house we’ve been approved for is extremely rundown, but it doesn’t matter …

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Not A Fan

Things I’ve learnt over the past month: nobody wants to drink their matcha latte in anything less than an ideal ambient climate in Melbourne. As a cafe owner, that’s important information to be privy to, and I wish I’d known it before thinking I could get away with a busted air con system. It’s just …

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Mandatory Heat

Oh, we’re not opening without heating. That’s been very clear from the start. I am not going to be one of those cafes with no heating or cooling, one that pretends that it’s an authentic experience to have a ‘rustic’ setup. That’s not us. Cafe Mint is aiming for an upmarket experience, which means we’re …

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