Pu’er Coffee

 My Adelaide journey is coming to an end, and today I want to share the café that served as my “grand finale.” It’s Leisurely Coffee , located at 219 Gilbert St, Adelaide SA 5000. Interestingly, Leisurely wasn’t even on my original café list. While I was in Adelaide, a follower recommended it in the comments. Once again, the wisdom of the crowd proved right. I looked it up and saw how popular it was — and more importantly, I noticed that Leisurely regularly features beans roasted by ONA Coffee . At that moment, I thought: Well, doesn’t this perfectly make up for my decision not to visit Canberra? If you’re a coffee lover in Australia, ONA needs no introduction. Choosing their beans as a house staple is simply a smart move. Like most Australian cafés, Leisurely opens early and closes around 2 p.m. Australians flock to cafés in the morning and around lunchtime, and this place was absolutely packed — nearly every seat taken. A Community Café with History The Gilbert Street locati...

 Before I realized it, a full week had already passed since I arrived in Brisbane. Honestly, when it comes to the lively core of the CBD, you can get the hang of it in just three days. A friend of mine who lives in Spain once told me that lying on the grass is a “mandatory course” here. So I did—sitting on the lawn with a bit of middle-aged rebellion that definitely doesn’t belong to the stereotypical “blue-haired retiree.” Around me, people were zoning out, reading books, or lying down scrolling on their phones. Living under the open sky, using the earth as your floor and the heavens as your roof—this kind of carefree ease feels like a form of self-kindness. The unspoken rule? Nobody’s allowed to make me work. And yet, in the end, between sightseeing on public transport and fully committing to lawn-mode, I chose a third option: heading back to the hotel to grab my laptop, then making my way to the State Library to use the Wi-Fi and write. Yes—this very article was written inside ...

 Even as I’m writing this piece, the afterglow from today’s visit is still very much alive. This is one of those cafés I’d gladly go out of my way for—no matter the distance. In China, Elixir Coffee Roasters is already a well-known Australian roaster among specialty coffee lovers, and on my personal café hit list, it’s been highlighted in red for a long time. Elixir Coffee Roasters is located at 10/12 Hayward St, Stafford QLD 4053, Australia —and yes, it absolutely lives up to the hype. Founded in 2007, Elixir Coffee is undoubtedly one of Australia’s long-established specialty roasters, and one of the few privately owned specialty coffee roasters in Queensland. Over the years, Elixir has built an award-winning reputation both locally and internationally. Among Chinese coffee enthusiasts who closely follow overseas roasters, Elixir consistently scores high on recognition and respect. Their four flagship espresso blends—true pillars of the brand—have won multiple awards at the Golde...