We have cricket season. Football season. Rugby league season. AFL season. Now, with the end of the wettest August in 27 years and the return of the sun’s rays, we have perhaps the start of another season: cafe season.

One of Mosman’s famous cafes where sunshine, busy tables and happy chatter herald the arrival of cafe season.Credit:

Unofficially starting in spring and continuing until mid-autumn, it’s the time when all the stars align and everything comes together to make our cafes sublime: the sunshine, the seasonal ingredients, the coffee made from beans from all over the world, the vibe, the views.

Evidence of the opening of the new cafe season was everywhere in my suburb of Mosman on the weekend. Just about every cafe was packed to the rafters, with patrons eager to enjoy the emerging sunshine, cappuccinos in one hand and the weekend paper in the other, well-groomed poodles at their feet. Those breathtaking Balmoral Beach venues, so beloved by visiting dignitaries such as Barack Obama, were seemingly booked out. Call it a First World problem, but there was not a seat to be found anywhere before 11am (and no, fast-food drive-through coffee is no substitute for any serious “Java”........

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