Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

"Thank you for all your support throughout the year. We recognise that every customer is important to us and hope you all have a safe and joyous Christmas and New Year."
From our family to yours.

DAVIDS’ (the other brother) cold brew coffee

Fresh roasted coffee saturated with cool water brewed for sixteen hours sweetened with agave nectar and blended with fresh milk. The Toddy produces a naturally low acid, bold yet smooth coffee concentrate.
In the short term we will only preparing drinks for immediate sale at a later date we will be exploring bottling DAVIDS' once we have a better understanding of shelf life and labeling requirements.

Trading Hours for Christmas Period...

All Brother Espresso stores will be closed from 25th December 2010 and back trading on the 4th January 2011. Seasons Greetings!

Online Shop...

Brother Espresso has its own independent store to sell our coffee stuff online.

Detpak Queensland Barista State Championship

Date: December 05, 2010

Location: Wolff Rost Haus 14/23 Ashtan Place Banyo, QLD 4014

The Australian Barista Championship seeks to discover the best barista who embodies the following rules and guidelines from the WBC.

A Champion is someone who aspires to the following:

• To promote the growth, excellence & recognition in the Barista profession.
• To grow the Barista’s knowledge of and expertise in, the preparation and serving of specialty, espresso coffee through competitions.
• To promote the knowledge and consumption of specialty coffee to the consumer through the Barista.

Baristas are required to serve 4 espresso, 4 cappuccino and 4 espresso based signature drinks (no alcohol) to 4 sensory judges. Technique is assessed by 2 Technical Judges and the process is overseen by 1 Head Judge. The Baristas are allowed to use their choice of coffee and must complete the presentation within 15 minutes to avoid a overtime penalties up until 16 minutes whereby the barista is disqualified.

City Coffee... were you get your daily dose

We all have dreams of being at the pointy end of coffee. Without really knowing it on daily basis we a dreaming about specialty coffee - micro lot single origins - brewed coffee - ExYield, TDS, Dose weight, Beverage weight (the numbers) - Clovers - Uber boilers - vest, ties, hats and mustaches.

In reality our business has evolved into City Coffee - coffee that cuts thru 12oz of milk and stands alone black add sugar and coco if thats how you roll - computerization and automation of roasting - if it taste good we don't care about the numbers - t shirts and vans.

We are not out to compete with the next new coffee house, brew bar or coffee geek we just have a passion for delivering the best possible product with the resources, skills and knowledge available to us whilst running a viable business.

And yes we do feature specialty coffee and micro lot single origins!

Saskia Falls featuring Brother Espresso

Brisbane Festival 2010 presents UNDER THE RADAR.
SASKIA FALLS

Landing home after years away, Saskia is looking for the placewhere she can be, belong, breathe. Memories tangle with the dislocation of her return, as Saskia confides, chats and flicks through stories in a performance that reveals an observer, an outsider, a fellow traveller, a woman searching for home.
Don’t miss this performance by Vitalstatistix Theatre Company. The show is quirky, intimate (for an audience of only 25 per performance) and has themes of family, travel, storytelling. It has received great reviews in Adelaide.
VENUE
The Warehouse, Metro Arts

WHEN

Thursday, 16 September
Saturday, 18 September

Fifth Battery Coffee Roasters By Brother Espresso

Coffee @fifthbattery this Wednesday through to Friday closed over the weekend and come Monday 30th officially open the doors for full service.

Home Roasted!

All coffee being served now is roasted in house thanks to the newest addition to the family Fifth Battery Coffee Roasters!
Still a work in progress on paper the blend looks like this...
Brother Espresso House Blend
40% Indonesian (twisty notes, good body, clean aftertaste and fruity/earthy flavour/fragrance)
20% Indian (spice)
20% Nicaraguan (sweet caramel/refined notes)
20% Ethiopia

Location Location Location!

You have really made it when you get referenced in real estate ads!

Poster Wall...

Man&Machine is a free, independently published zine by Snack On now on show in store. This issue hones in on Track Bike culture, which is enjoying a renaissance globally with a strong appreciation growing in Brisbane. It is attracting a wide range of individuals with diverse stories. Not every rider is a hardened messenger or edgy hipster, the stories may surprise you and so will one of the riders featured (yours truly).

Kindy Fete

The Tarragindi War Memorial Kindy Fete was supported by Bro Town on Sunday. Bart was hard at work as head barista at the coffee stall raising funds for the redevelopment of the playground. This act of kindness has inspired us to possibly setting up a coffee stall under the Brother banner for not for profit organizations to utilize at fund raising events. It will be all about giving back to the local community.

Easter Greetings!

We (sorry guys even Bulimba) will be closed from Friday 2nd April till Tues 6th April. Happy Easter to you with all best wishes.

In support of the banner...

Vancouver Winter Olympics 2 Days to go we love all things sport at Bro Town. Check out the Reg Barber coffee/espresso tamper in support of the banner.

Celebrate what's great!

We will be closed on Australia Day and celebrating in true Aussie style.

Daily Grind...

It has all been about getting back into the daily grind after the christmas break which now seem's like such a long time ago. We have also been busy working towards our latest project Fifth Battery. Brain storming has begun (a couple of blend ideas) in advance of the arrival of our new roaster. Out with the old in with the new we will not be trying to replicate our current house blend but come up with something new, we’ll keep you posted.