New York’s obsession with all things Aussie, at least retail-wise, is strongest in coffee, and getting stronger. With the large (and growing) number of Australian ex-pats that flock to these shores in finance and law, there are plenty of customers at the ready to sing their praises – when it comes to coffee, Australians believe they do it best.

The Wall Street Journal highlights the wave of specialty cafes opening across the city. One owner, Leon Unglik, is a former lawyer who named his shop, Little Collins, after a Melbourne street. He tells the WSJ that customers enter saying “Oh, thank God you’re here now, we can finally get decent coffee…We’ve got a very strong coffee culture back home,” he said. “In Australia, everywhere you go you can expect to get a decent coffee.”