Brisbane's Best Coffee...

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for those who were interested, this is the broad' shortlist that we considered for this year's feature: Bellisimo Blackstar Coffee Blue Sky Brother Espresso [Bulimba] Bunker Cup Specialty Coffee Chic espresso Caffeine Espresso Campos Cornerstore Cafe Dandelion & Driftwood Di Bella, Bowen Hills Elixir Fifth Battery Mad Espresso One drop Specialty Coffee Pourboy Espresso Veneziano First pour Results for Top 5 will be out in Autumn issue in newsagents end of next week! A

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one final point - we always like to have a 'peoples choice' when we do Bestcafes for a city - have put up a poll of our [tight] shortlist - if you're a Brissy-based person, please feel free to vote [& pass on to friends] - see home page [or click] www.bestcafes.com.au A

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Ok guys - our official Best cafes of Brisbane going up early afternoon tomorrow - watch this space! A

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Ok here it is - Brisbane's Best Cafes 2011 judged on their coffee: 1. Cup Specialty 2. Dandelion & Driftwood 3. One Drop 4. Campos 5. Bunker Best 'up-and-coming': Corner Store We'll be putting up our full story on the Crema home page later today; congratulations to all the Top 5 and in particular Josh Russell of Cup Specialty! A PS we spent a lot of time on this, including multiple visits by multiple judges and a pretty sophisticated judging process - more about this in a later post.

Koffee_Kosmo

admin wrote:

Ok here it is - Brisbane's Best Cafes 2011 judged on their coffee: 1. Cup Specialty 2. Dandelion & Driftwood 3. One Drop 4. Campos 5. Bunker Best 'up-and-coming': Corner Store We'll be putting up our full story on the Crema home page later today; congratulations to all the Top 5 and in particular Josh Russell of Cup Specialty! A PS we spent a lot of time on this, including multiple visits by multiple judges and a pretty sophisticated judging process - more about this in a later post.

Great list and I am sure that they were very deserving Congratulations to all the winners KK

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Quick note on methodology - we made multiple visits over a period of several weeks, with a panel of experienced coffee people. Results were submitted by judges and averaged to get our result. For the record, there were a couple of the cafes where we expected different results [one prominent roaster/cafe was struggling because their roaster had broken down] but to follow our strict judging criteria, we had to stick with the results we found when we did our visits... Most importantly, judging was undertaken purely on the basis of the quality of the coffee; thanks again to our reviewers in Brissy - Tim Adams [ex Aust. Barista Champ], Kane Blaber - top brissy barista and Mark Watts [alias our very own BlIss on the Crema forum]. A

Koffee_Kosmo

I will be visiting sometime this week an establishment in West End Brisbane its called West End Coffee House 80 Vulture Street, West End, QLD, 4101, It was recommended by a bloke I had contracted him to make me some cabinetry products He has a La Marzocco GS3 and a Robur at work I gave him a sample of my KKTO roasted beans Anyhow this cafe has a slayer running So In will report back after my visit KK

Brett_H

I finally got to Campos for brunch on Sunday. The food was wonderful, the coffee excellent and the service outstanding. I can't wait to try the rest of the list if this is the benchmark!

askthecoffeeguy

Well we were just passing through brisvegas today and didn't have time to stop at more than one cafe - so we chose Dandelion and Driftwood Needless to say we weren't dissapointed - I personally had five coffees but my favourites would have to be the Tanzania SO piccolo, and a Nicaraguan cold drip filter coffee - both of which were excellent So great to see a coffee focused cafe with a great well thought out fitout, not dominaed by the coffee equipment Admittedly the food menu is pretty limited but the offerings are good - even so it's all about the coffee here and the food merely serves as a backdrop to the stunning array of coffees on offer - which are available in a variety of ways including espresso based, Trifecta, chemix, cold filter, and syphon All in all a great coffee experience - made my self imposed lack of coffee consumption in Byron all the more worthwhile as I made up for lost time! Well done to Peter and crew!

Brett_H

I have friends at Bracken Ridge who are in need of a good local cafe or good local coffee without driving to the valley. Thoughts?

madpierre

I thinjk I have heard that Cleanskin at Brendale have a cafe as well as selling roasted.

madpierre

And Aida and Shannon in at Nest had a little girl last Wednesday.

Brett_H

Thanks guys. That gives me something to go on. The cafe Of choice out that way is Gloria Steams thus any hole in the wall selling mud is an improvement. These are people who described the shot from their local GJs as bitter and offensive. what was in that shot that cut through 250ml of milk, cream and sugar... And shouldn't have? They are also Saeco double floor preground people at home (Merlos in a tin in the fridge). I've had it and it's better than McCrappy and GJs. AM, fancy starting a cafe at the back of beyond? I'll sing at your launch gratis if I get o play on the Synesso...s!

Brett_H

Anger Management wrote:

Neli Coffee Well I dropped in and had TWO espresso shots.. 1: They were advertising a MM SO ;D A: Was not an unpleasant shot but lacking the body I would expect and have had on other occasions. Had a mild mouth feel but again lacking that, almost buttery texture I have had with MM. Had a good rinse and drink of water and went for the next espresso. 2: For the love of me I can remember what it was :pan A: Had a better mouth feel and was bright on the palet with out any outstanding acidity. This shot also had more aroma and a light buttery texture... I would have shot 2 again, but the MM one did not show the full qualities of a good MM and thus unless good reason to try, I would leave the MM so that my fond memories are not dulled. What was also pleasing was that there was no driving need to flush any after tasts and thus enjoyed the coffee even after leaving. The Ambiance was good and plenty to have a look at and nose around. Two roasters in view and one was in operation. If you up that way, worth the time to make an extra 5 min drive to have a shot or two. Could almost be worth listing as a possible Crema visit re the next QLD round of best coffees in Brisbane.

Or a social! Thanks for this info. I'll pass it along.

Ronin

Brett H wrote:

I have friends at Bracken Ridge who are in need of a good local cafe or good local coffee without driving to the valley. Thoughts?

Hi Brett Best bet from an almost local is Cleanskin /Saint coffee at Brendale. La Marzocco GB5 & Mazzer Roburs on the bench. No Food but good coffee.

Ronin

madpierre wrote:

And Aida and Shannon in at Nest had a little girl last Wednesday.

Hi MP I drove past Nest the other day and saw it closed, is it the result of baby and will be re opening, or are they closed for good? Looked fairly vacant in passing

Brett_H

Ronin wrote:

Hi Brett Best bet from an almost local is Cleanskin /Saint coffee at Brendale. La Marzocco GB5 & Mazzer Roburs on the bench. No Food but good coffee.

Thanks mate... Advice greatfully received and passed on. I will be driving through the north side occasionally in the coming weeks so will try to sample also.

Ronin

Anytime Brett. PM me when going through and I'll try to meet you there.

Brett_H

Ronin wrote:

Anytime Brett. PM me when going through and I'll try to meet you there.

Brilliant!

Kelsey

I'll be heading over to Bezzera sometime this week if all goes to plan for a same-day service of my '09. It means I need both good coffee nearish to Coopers Plains, hopefully somewhere that has free wi-fi so I can get some work done while I wait. I also need to trek over to Keperra (might be better to do it on my way up from the Sunny Coast) to pick up my ultra-cheap pot set for the KKTO, so I guess I could also go to anywhere in between to hang for most of the day. Any recommendations for those two locations?

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