Would you like to enjoy great coffee, food, and drinks all together? Here is the solution. Not only providing fine coffee and specialty coffee education programs, Fortitude Valley icon Reverends Fine Coffee has stepped up to the next level. Not only serving multiple roaster’s coffee, Reverends now offers craft beer, wines, and whiskey from local to international during the evenings, that changes regularly.

Morning After is a new, beautiful open-space cafe in West End serving two different specialty roaster’s coffee, wines, beer, and cider. Their creative, restaurant-quality food is sure to give you an enjoyable moment and make you satisfied.

Strauss is located in a small laneway, the ambience makes you feel as if you are in Melbourne. Their food is simple, but the flavour stands out using high quality fresh local products. They serve coffee from Coffee Supreme, clean fresh smoothies and raw juices. Gluten-free food and sweets have started a revolution in cafes in Brisbane recently. As soon as Nodo Donuts started out as a wholesale gluten-free donut seller, Nodo fans kept chasing these delicious donuts from cafe to cafe. Now, Nodo has opened up their own cafe and shop in Newstead.

Dovetail on Overend is the only cafe that creates all gluten-free food and hand-made sweets. They have changed our image of gluten-free food and sweets, and constantly show us new, safe food for your body and mind.

In addition to drinking and eating, Brisbane’s cafe lovers are also becoming keen on learning coffee and coffee making. Wolff Coffee Roasters, introduced in Part One – Brisbane Specialty Scene, have moved to a new location only minutes away from Dandelion & Driftwood in Hendra. This smart looking roastery house has espresso bars, a creative coffee popsicle factory (check their Queen of Pops, a specialty coffee popsicles store and cafe in Clayfield) and Wolff College of Coffee where you can learn brewing, extracting, cupping, and roasting coffee.

Also, Sydney-based roaster Single Origin is becoming familiar in Brisbane and they have finally established a flagship venue here. At this venue, all of the public can enjoy tasting, cupping, and learning coffee.

So you can see, there is no shortage of great coffee and food in Brisbane, with passionate people ensuring their roasteries and cafes offer the absolute best, rivaling anything you may find elsewhere in Australia, or the world.

by Chie Dahms