The Book Cafe was recomended but as a place to check out more so than the coffee. It has a nice quiet relaxed atmosphere with plenty of tables and lounges. The coffee was above average but not my favorite in the area, great place to meet or to take a break from the city.
Location: Behind Robertson Quay.
Went in search of a recommended cafe and stumbled upon this great little find. Great freshly roasted coffee, good food with a groovy rustic atmosphere. On the edge of Bugis.
Location: Bugis.
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This cafe tucked away behind the main area of Mooloolaba is a busy yet quiet cafe that has a combination of good well made coffee and great food from a menu with plenty of very tasty options. It is very close to the school and a convenient childcare center. This makes the cafe a great place for parents to meet, catch up over a great coffee, or just to get a takeaway after dropping off or picking up the kids on the way to or from work. The Velo Project has plenty of room and tables with a great shabby chic/beach relaxed feel, I really like a lazy morning coffee and breakfast here.
Location: Mooloolaba.
This rustic cafe is on the main road in Buderim just past the main shopping area, It is well worth stopping here if you are in Buderim The Birds & the Beans make great coffee from freshly roasted coffee beans with great service in a funky, rustic old service station/mechanics garage (ex Vandy’s Garage). The cakes and snacks are also fresh and very tasty.
Location: Buderim.
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This cafe/roastery is well worth a visit. Clandestino make some amazing coffee’s with many single origin beans on offer. Match the beans with a tasting paddle, you can try and compare several of the beans on offer, then pick your favorite one to buy and take home. Clandestino also have a loyalty program when purchasing beans in store or online (beans can be posted to you). There is also a fantastic organic grocer and deli in the same building which has fantastic produce as well, if the coffee wasn’t enough of a reason to check this place out.
Location: Noosaville.
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This fantastic little cafe just of the main road near Alexandra Surf Club uses Campos Beans and is very well made, delivering a nice rich, full bodied strong coffee. It is a small cafe with a few tables inside and a few outside. If it is a bit to busy and the weather is nice it is worth getting a takeaway coffee and walking over to admire the view of the beach.
Location: Alexandra Headland.
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This little cafe just of a small angled road not far from Kurrawa Surf Club makes one of my favorite coffee’s on the Gold Coast. It is a small cafe with a few tables inside and a few outside. It is really busy during the week around the morning peak times, with many people getting their takeaway coffee for work. The weekends can be very busy especially if the weather is nice, if there are no tables available I would recommend to get a takeaway coffee and walk to the beach.
Location: Broadbeach.
My pick of Cafe in the area:
Elk was recommended to me by some friends and the recomendation was a fantastic one. The coffee is great, smooth and well made. Single origin and other various brewing methods are on offer to accompany some of the single origins beans. The food is also great with a good range on the menu to please just about any fussy eater. The only downside is that it is all solid furnishings inside, this makes it very noisy and difficult to talk to more than 2 people. This is only a minor negative on what is one of my top Gold Coast Cafe’s.
Location: Broadbeach.
If you are in Hong Kong for a few days on business or pleasure the question is always which cafe do you go to for the best coffee?
It will always depend on your own taste and preference. Hong Kong for only a few days, like any new location it is not that easy to know which Cafe to try. Luckily I was given several tips by some colleagues that had spent some time in Hong Kong over various business trips.
The location you are staying in and if you have time to travel, will quite often determine if you can get to or search for a good cafe. Travelling short distances is very easy in Hong Kong, the public transport is very well laid out. When you figure it out, you just need to have a go. Once you have done it a few times you start to figure it out and it becomes second nature to you. Walking a short distance is not to difficult either, there are pedestrian crossings at traffic lights, footpaths, and underpasses to cross major roads.
A few days in Singapore. Which cafe’s to get the best coffee?
With only a few days in Singapore it was difficult to choose which Cafe’s to go to. I was given a list of several one to try by a few friends that had spent a bit of time in Singapore on business, who also appreciate a really good coffee.
It also depends on your hotel location and your ability or desire to travel in search of that great coffee. Getting around isn’t that difficult in Singapore though, the public transport system is one of the best in the world. Even walking a distance is relatively easy, with footpaths, pedestrian crossings and overpasses make crossing busy roads quite easy. The distance between place on any map is also not that great, especially if you are from Australia or the USA where distance between shops, towns or malls is much greater than you would like to walk.