Merlo Fortitude Valley

Great coffee and well made. Staff very friendly and knowledgable. One of the better coffee establishments in Brisbane. Ordinary ambiance. Needs a facelift, although is a factory.

good coffee, really great service, lovely staff - makes all the difference!!

The only ting that annoys me about Merlo - especially this store - is that I can't take it with me everywhere I go on earth. Seriously, Merlo coffee is magnificent. And even when they are training new staff, the coffee is consistently good. The coffee itself is great, but they also use a really good quality milk (if you're a strong, but milky coffee kind of a person) and the full range of coffees are just lovely. My personal favourite take-home is private blend. But having been visiting Merlo for at least six years and only getting burnt coffee once, that's some pretty good stats.

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Where is the instant coffee when you need to wash your mouth out? My 90ml double espresso ran a good 12 second extraction making for a worse coffee than I would get from an overpriced jar of instant!

The Idea of the coffee machine around the other way was a mistake for these guys. It just makes how much work the baristas need ever so more apparent. Merlo should invest in stepping it up, as they have such a good rep in general...but their baristas don't have the knowledge or skills to actually make a good coffee. I am yet to be proven wrong on this.