Have to say, I've become rather fond of Cotton Tree. I love the drive along the Maroochy River. I love the laidback, beach village vibe. I love the quirky little shopping precinct, where the hip, the funky and the elegant sit snugly side-by-side. I've gathered a bunch of reasons to go there, but would do so just for one: The Silva Spoon. The Silva Spoon, you see, makes truly exceptional hot chocolate: real Belgian chocolate, artfully blended and delicately frothed into big deep cups of liquid luxury, served with style and grace. This is chocolate to soothe, chocolate to comfort, chocolate to ... chocolate to seduce a Johnny Depp (why not? - worked for Juliette Binoche):


It's not just the hot chocolate that's de luxe - Silva Spoon is all class. Just one glance at the window full of jewell-coloured teapots will be enough to draw you deep inside its cocoa-coloured walls. Sink into the big brown couch. Pull up a wicker ottoman and grab a magazine. Perch on a tall brown stool at the window and people watch; or (my favourite) join the newspaper-browsing locals at the big brown communal table, where tealights wink and flicker and hot pink lillies spill forth from their vase.


Every visit, I browse the blackboard specials. Every visit, I fall for that wicked hot chilli chocolate. Palms wrapped around a bowl-sized cup , it's only one small sip to bliss. But of course there's more: this is a tearoom after all, with a wonderful selection of teas to drink in or take home. And coffee, naturally. And a counter full of beautiful, bewitching cakes - sometimes studded with fresh strawberries, sometimes drizzled with fresh passionfruit, sometimes garlanded with fresh baby roses. Oh my goodness .... it's all just perfectly lovely.
The Silva Spoon :: 2/3 King Street Cotton Tree
More Cotton Tree delights coming soon ...