Living quite close to this roastery café, my living room is frequently filled with the inviting aroma of coffee beans on the roaster. The beans Blackstar roast are tasty and full of flavour but I have found lately that the quality of the coffee depends on which barista is working the machine, and this inconsistency has turned me off going there as frequently as I used to when I first moved to West End. Another negative for me would be that the music inside is often way too loud to engage in any sort of conversation with the baristas when you are ordering so it can lack the personal touch tha...

If you're looking for something a little different in South Brisbane, then it's definitely worth paying a flying visit to the owner-operated Birds Nest Coffee & Collectables. You can find a perch inside among the interesting collection of vintage items on sale or outside on one of the few seats scattered around outside of the shop. The coffee is consistently good. They use an 8-bean blend with Ethopian Yirgacheffe as the dominant bean, which produces a beautiful full-bodied flavour. The milk in my lattes is always nicely textured and velvety, and the coffee is always at the right temperature t...