Greyhound Australia Archive

  • It was a Friday afternoon and the office relocated to Portside for an afternoon of beverages, team building and beer battered chips. The venue was Cafe Chez Laila at Portside and I opted for the coffee.

    Long Black Coffee at Cafe Chez Laila

    It was a Friday afternoon and the office relocated to Portside for an afternoon of beverages, team building and beer battered chips. The venue was Cafe Chez Laila at Portside and I opted for the coffee.

  • At work we have just gotten a new coffee machine from Delight Xpresso. Due to the relatively low demand for coffee, the office has swapped the old machine for a new one. The New Pod machine uses satchels of pre-ground coffee instead of fresh beans, and requires a little more effort.

    Long black from the new machine

    At work we have just gotten a new coffee machine from Delight Xpresso. Due to the relatively low demand for coffee, the office has swapped the old machine for a new one. The New Pod machine uses satchels of pre-ground coffee instead of fresh beans, and requires a little more effort.

  • It was a long, hot day, and I really do not like sand. However, I did find something that I liked. There is an illy cafe on the Gold Coast.

    Illy long black on the coast

    It was a long, hot day, and I really do not like sand. However, I did find something that I liked. There is an illy cafe on the Gold Coast.

  • There is not a lot you can say about a $1 coffee. The price point serves to both set expectations and define user experience, at least if "Predictably Irrational" by Dan Ariely is spot on. I am sure that this was not the idea when Xpresso Delight were asked to bring the machine in. The price point was set to cover costs.

    Long Black at Greyhound Australia

    There is not a lot you can say about a $1 coffee. The price point serves to both set expectations and define user experience, at least if “Predictably Irrational” by Dan Ariely is spot on. I am sure that this was not the idea when Xpresso Delight were asked to bring the machine in. The price point was set to cover costs.

  • There are not a lot of cafes in the Transit centre, but there was one called the Dancing Bean.

    Long Black at the transit centre

    There are not a lot of cafes in the Transit centre, but there was one called the Dancing Bean.