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We’ve been lucky enough to have the incredible Carmen working with us at Market Lane since 2016. For several years, she was an integral part of our Faraday St, Carlton shop team before she moved over to manage our Collins St, CBD shop.

Market Lane’s How Do You Brew? series features brilliant, unique, passionate and innovative people from our wider community generously giving us a glimpse of their own special coffee moments, and sharing the rituals and meaning behind them.

When we founded Market Lane in 2009, our mission was simple: we wanted to sustainably source, roast and share exceptional coffees, and celebrate the incredible stories of the people behind them.

Founded in 2016, Collective Closets is a fresh and exciting Melbourne/Naarm-based fashion label, owned and run by sisters Laurinda and Fatuma Ndenzako. We were immediately drawn to the sisters’ incredible positive energy, creativity, kindness and authenticity, as well as the gorgeous garments they create with shúkà fabric sourced from Kenya, and their commitment to sharing the stories behind those garments.