Re:Hab Review - Hey, we all need a break from reality, so why not check yourself into Re:Hab. Everyone’s doing it these days; and it’s not hard to see why, because Port’s newest café-cum-music bar has the freshest coffee, the coolest vibe and viciously evil nougat treats.

Okay, so cafes with net kiosks and wireless access are not exactly revolutionary, but the freaks in Re:Hab have stumbled onto something. The moment you check in you’ll feel it.

You’ll also smell it. Yes, that’s fresh coffee in the air. The head honchos scoured the country looking for a blend that they would “drive an extra five kilometres for” and after months of false starts they found Coffee Supreme, a New Zealand company with a roastery in Melbourne.

The Supreme ethos is to use only the best Arabica beans and to use them fresh; that is, within ten days of roasting. The result is coffee without bitterness, coffee with a deep, almost nutty taste, lovely complexities and a simply heady aroma. And the punters are voting with their feet, meaning that re:hab’s predominantly Kiwi baristas are on their feet until 10pm each night.

“Some people call us Kiwi coffee snobs,” one of them told me, “and yeah, we are. We just don’t think there’s much excuse for bad coffee.” Having enjoyed the buzz of several long macchiatos I am certainly inclined to agree.

An American tourist I sat next to told me he’d spent the majority of his vacation in Re:Hab, hinting it had something to do with nougat. Curious, I drifted to the counter and sampled.

They don’t have a great deal to eat in Re:Hab, but their biscotti selection from Port Douglas Catering is spot on. However, it is the nougat that stars. Rich and sexily creamy, it fills your palate with the kind of sticky joy that some countries outlaw. If you break your diet just once in FNQ, do it for the nougat.

Of course you could spend your time in Re:Hab surfing the net or reading Port’s funkiest little mag, re:port, (yes, there is a connection), but you’d be better off checking out the locals who have started to develop Coffee Supreme addictions. They’re a friendly bunch of misfits. Almost entirely harmless. There’s a few cute ones too … looks like it’s time to check yourself in, folks.

Rehab Internet Cafe Lounge - Port Douglas Australia