Because Surfers Paradise generally opens around 10 am and goes to midnight, it can be tricky to find anywhere to worship the extraction unless you "choose" a fat food chain or convenience store.
After a morning constitutional in the ocean, I was walking around the Hilton precinct and was lured by the Merlo Coffee sign for Stairwell Coffee (anywhere serving this Brisbane coffee brand is generally a good bet).
This little hole in the wall served me the best coffee I had all day (well, it was 7.30 am ). Coffee was well-extracted, and the bearded barrister pulled out two coffees with a bit of friendly conversation at no extra charge.
Will probably be back tomorrow. Because coffee. read more