Black Lab Coffee Roasters Queenstown — Restaurant in South Island

I am a barista from a specialty coffee shop in Australia and I struggle to find proper specialty coffee shops in Brisbane, so I had my doubts coming to NZ, but after having a coffee at Black Lab I can confidently say they have some of the best coffee I’ve ever had. They had 6 different single origins to choose from and a house blend that was just as delicious as the single origins. The second you enter the coffee shop you can tell how passionate and knowledgeable the owner is about coffee. When I first arrived I ordered the piccolo flight, which is 3 piccolos on 3 different beans, a light roast single origin, the house blend, and a dark roast single origin. All 3 were full of flavour and prepared perfectly. If you like proper coffee, you will not be...

One of the best, if not the best, coffees I had in New Zealand. I had their signature blend in the morning, as a normal long black to enjoy the coffee taste more. I loved it!

Remembering the good coffee I had, I came back in the afternoon to try more of the other ones as well. There is something like a „coffee tasting“, called the piccolo flight. 3 different blends and it was amazing again. I swapped the signature blend for their strongest one, to try one more.

Actually the strongest one was my favorite!

Can totally recommend going there, especially if you are visiting Country Land anyway!

Had a very nice talk with the owner about coffee, coffee machines...

Amazing experience. The couple who own this place went out of their way to welcome my boyfriend and I to their new roastery in Queenstown this afternoon. The coffee is suburb and they offer subscriptions (also super environmentally conscious which is a massive plus). I would highly recommend this place to any coffee lovers visiting Queenstown .. or even to those who wish to learn a bit more about the roasting process. Thanks guys, we will be back to top up next week! Jen & Ronan...