Fiefy’s

I always feel so left out here being a soy drinker!
I have seen Fiefy do her works of latte art on other coffees (think dogs, fish and swans if you’re one of the lucky ones) but my coffee normally comes out with a soy blob on top. I know soy milk doesn’t quite have the skillz regular and skim has but I thought I would warn those soy drinkers not to get your hopes up.
The coffee ain’t bad, but with some really delightful, cosier spots along Pirie St that don’t have a wind tunnel going through them, have more indoor seating, toilets and outdoor seating with sun light I have to say I have other preferences for my coffee adventures.

Owner, Fiefy knows her coffee. She’s competed in world latte art championships and does a pretty amazing ‘smoking dog.’
Not only that, Fiefy and her staff are some of the most friendly baristas you’ll find in Adelaide. They make the effort to chat to their customers, even when they’re flat out.
They also do a range of other drinks and the iced tea during summer is one of my favourites. There’s a small selection of food for a quick lunch as well.

Fiefy’s is my favourite hole-​in-​the-​wall coffee joint. It would have to be in my top 3.
++++ VEGAN FRIENDLINESS — Bonsoy. Enough said.

Friendly baristas and great coffee :) The main barista/​owner has won numerous awards, and makes an excellent soy latte.
If you want to get a coffee between 8 – 8:30 am leave yourself a bit of time, as this place is popular.
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Only recently opened in the city, Fiefy’s is located slightly inside the bottom of a bank building on the busy office area of Pirie Street.
It’s all bout the coffee here, with Fiefy (owner and main barista) a real drawcard, she is one of SA’s most decorated baristas — who recently placed 5^th in the World at latte art. She is also South Australian Barista Champion for 2010, 6^th in the Australian Nationals and 1^st Runner-​up in the National Thailand Barista Championship.
She can do all sorts of designs in your coffee when there is time, and the coffee tastes pretty damn good too.
One thing though, their coffee is from a Geelong based company, not here in SA like many other boutique coffee places.
The design and marekting of the store is a little over the top in my opinion, the colour is a beautiful aqua (although slightly childish) with her name everywhere, and I mean everywhere! Yes her name is the name of the coffee shop, but every little thing in the whole place has her name plastered all over it. But I suppose if you are that good, people in the industry know your name and you want to show it off.
Fiefy’s has a small selection of foccacias, cakes, biscuits etc, but the coffee is the main attraction.
I myself am one for the hot chocolate, and Fiefy’s use Belgian chocolate and have a few variations including white, chilli and dark. The hot chocolate was delicious and silky, but lots of cafes now use Belgian chocolate.
It’s a little bit hard to get to when just generally out and about in town, so more business people are customers or you have to walk a fair way from the mall.
Honestly, the overbranding of her business and the logo really don’t do it for me, and since she is such a big name I don’t think she needs it. But the coffee and chocolate is right up there with my other favourite boutique cafes.