Bear Bones Coffee Roasters Brisbane | Inside an Australian Roastery Supplying 350,000+ Cups Weekly
No matter where I travel to explore cafés, roastery cafés are always one of my personal favorites. This front-of-house café, back-of-house roastery setup doesn’t just let you sense the sheer production capacity of a roaster—it also allows you to understand their flavor philosophy through each cup of coffee. It’s a far more immersive café-hopping experience. Of course, you won’t necessarily catch a roaster at work every single day you visit, but when you’re standing in a space filled with multiple large roasting machines, their capability speaks for itself. Today, I want to talk about Bear Bones , located at 2/66 McLachlan St, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006, Australia . There’s a small side story here too—this was technically my second attempt. The first time, I showed up to a locked door. But when a café is truly good, you don’t just give up on it that easily. Most Australian cafés open very early and close around noon or 1–2 p.m. Add in nearly a two-hour time difference, and you’re b...