Beanhunter, a somewhat awesome website and an essential app featuring user submitted cafe ratings and reviews. Their app is incredibly useful when you are travelling and need to find a half way decent cafe somewhere new, and the quality of the reviews that come from the community is very high. Based on their community’s input, Beanhunter have recently released their top cafe lists for 2013. This lists cover cities from around the world and Australia including Brisbane.
- Ltd espresso + brew bar (Fortitude Valley)
- The Fort Specialty Coffee (North Lakes)
- Cup Coffee Roastery (Woolloongabba)
- Dandelion & Driftwood (Hendra)
- Reverends Fine Coffee (Fortitude Valley)
- Dramanti Artisan Roaster (Wynnum)
- Cleanskin Coffee Co. (Brendale)
- One Drop Specialty Coffee (Fortitude Valley)
- Uncle Joe’s Coffee House (Coorparoo)
- Elixir Coffee (Stafford)
- The Single Guys (Kenmore)
- Bunker (Milton)
- Dramanti Espresso (Brisbane CBD)
- The Frisky Goat Espresso (Brisbane CBD)
- Grindhouse Specialty Coffee (Stones Corner)
- Toby’s Estate Espresso Bar (Brisbane CBD)
- First Pour Brisbane (West End)
- Pourboy Espresso (Brisbane CBD)
- Blackstar Coffee (West End)
- Campos Coffee (Fortitude Valley)
- Shucked (Newstead)
- Merriweather (South Brisbane)
- The Corner Store Cafe (Toowong)
- Fifth Battery Coffee Roasters (Fortitude Valley)
- Sourced Grocer (Teneriffe)
The full list of Beanhunter’s Brisbane’s Top Cafes 2013 can be found here.
Unfortunately I have only been to and written posts about a small number of those that made the top 25. From the last few years I have only reviewed 8 of the 25 that made the list for 2013.
1. Ltd espresso + brew bar (Fortitude Valley) (Review)
3. Cup Coffee Roastery (Woolloongabba) (Review)
4. Dandelion & Driftwood (Hendra) (Review)
5. Reverends Fine Coffee (Fortitude Valley) (Review)
7. Cleanskin Coffee Co. (Brendale) (Review)
10. Elixir Coffee (Stafford) (Review)
18. Pourboy Espresso (Brisbane CBD) (Review)
20. Campos Coffee (Fortitude Valley) (Review)
Next year, I might try to address this.
TL;DR
- Beanhunter’s app is awesome while travelling
- There are still a lot of good cafes to visit.