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  • They were wearing weskits. All of them. That was the first thing that I noticed at Dandelion and Driftwood. The cafe itself looked like someone's caffeine-fuelled Victorian corner store with enough technology to add a hint of steampunk. Dandelion & Driftwood is located on Gerler Road in Hendra on Brisbane's northside, just near Mario @ the Dining Room. A real coffee geek I know was raving about the place last week, and as he both knows more than me and strongly recommended the place, I had to check it out.0October 23, 2010

    Multiple coffees with multiple blends at Dandelion & Driftwood

    They were wearing weskits. All of them. That was the first thing that I noticed at Dandelion and Driftwood. The cafe itself looked like someone’s caffeine-fuelled Victorian corner store with enough technology to add a hint of steampunk. Dandelion & Driftwood is located on Gerler Road in Hendra on Brisbane’s northside, just near Mario @ the Dining Room. A real coffee geek I know was raving about the place last week, and as he both knows more than me and strongly recommended the place, I had to check it out.

  • 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.0December 29, 2009

    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.0December 5, 2009

    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.

  • 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.0March 30, 2009

    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.

  • 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.1March 9, 2009

    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.

  • 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.0February 7, 2009

    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.

  • Anyone who lives in Australia, especially Brisbane, has probably seen a Coffee Club.2September 27, 2008

    Long Black at a Coffee Club

    Anyone who lives in Australia, especially Brisbane, has probably seen a Coffee Club.

  • There are not a lot of cafes in the Transit centre, but there was one called the Dancing Bean.0September 21, 2008

    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.

  • Nero Espresso does a nice breakfast; I am rather fond of the egg and bacon sandwich. 0August 11, 2008

    Long black at Nero Espresso

    Nero Espresso does a nice breakfast; I am rather fond of the egg and bacon sandwich.

  • The coffee was decent, and I had it with one sugar. I did not remember to ask what beans they were using these days while I was there.0August 5, 2008

    Long black at Identity Hair

    The coffee was decent, and I had it with one sugar. I did not remember to ask what beans they were using these days while I was there.

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