long black Archive

  • La Dolce Vita has been Brisbane's best late coffee haunt for ages. An easy walk from Suncorp Stadium its an obvious post game stop if you are avoiding the beers.

    Coffee, Gelati and Football

    La Dolce Vita has been Brisbane’s best late coffee haunt for ages. An easy walk from Suncorp Stadium its an obvious post game stop if you are avoiding the beers.

  • Away from Brunswich street, Little Larder is as off the beaten track as you are likely to get this close in to the Valley. It's a cute little cafe in what looks like it used to be a corner shop.

    Morning Coffee at The Little Larder

    Away from Brunswich street, Little Larder is as off the beaten track as you are likely to get this close in to the Valley. It’s a cute little cafe in what looks like it used to be a corner shop.

  • Lavazza is used in a lot of cafes. Someone once told me that it is one of the harder coffees to screw up. The barrista at Fuscia could have made a decent coffee with almost anything though. There big breakfast was good too.

    Fuscia Breakfast and Coffee

    Lavazza is used in a lot of cafes. Someone once told me that it is one of the harder coffees to screw up. The barrista at Fuscia could have made a decent coffee with almost anything though. There big breakfast was good too.

  • On the Saturday it was hard to find anywhere local and open for a quick coffee, and that is why I ended up getting mine from a plant store.

    Take away coffee from Brisbane Plants

    On the Saturday it was hard to find anywhere local and open for a quick coffee, and that is why I ended up getting mine from a plant store.

  • The cafe is fairly narrow inside, with one side lined with tables, and the other with a bench. Newspapers were scattered liberally on the tables. I had an entertainment liftout and a part of the business section.

    Black coffee at Caffeine Espresso

    The cafe is fairly narrow inside, with one side lined with tables, and the other with a bench. Newspapers were scattered liberally on the tables. I had an entertainment liftout and a part of the business section.

  • 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.

  • he gets her breakfast on the run, buys coffees for her doctors from whatever chain is local to their surgery, and gets her morning coffee from a drive through. This Saturday, it was a McCafe drive through.

    McCafe Long Black

    he gets her breakfast on the run, buys coffees for her doctors from whatever chain is local to their surgery, and gets her morning coffee from a drive through. This Saturday, it was a McCafe drive through.

  • They do coffee and a variety of Italian pastries and gelati. As a cafe the coffee is OK, but for food court coffee it is exceptional - it all depends on your frame of reference.

    Coffee from Cibo espresso, Chermside

    They do coffee and a variety of Italian pastries and gelati. As a cafe the coffee is OK, but for food court coffee it is exceptional – it all depends on your frame of reference.

  • 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.

  • After walking past one that had too many cyclists and another that did not have comfortable looking seats, I found Platform 6, a small restaurant on Vernon Tce.

    Long black at Platform 6

    After walking past one that had too many cyclists and another that did not have comfortable looking seats, I found Platform 6, a small restaurant on Vernon Tce.