You will witness the alive and kicking cafe’ culture in the Christchurch of New Zealand. It is the home of plenty of quality coffee roasters, suppliers and brewers as well. Emerging coffee brands with their cafes are the best spots to hang out, especially if you love coffee. Get the best handpicked and collected coffee around the world from these roasters and taste as more cups you can with city view.
Lyttelton Coffee Company
Lyttelton Coffee Company is found in the port town of Christchurch where they are the roastery as well as the cafe. The brand believes in a strong sense of sustainability and community. They offer five different types of coffee into a blend ideally suited to white coffee. Among them, there is another selection of black espresso from single origins and other three-bean blends as well.
Visit them: 29 London Street, Lyttelton
Coffee Embassy
Two friends Andy Norman and David Pai are behind this Coffee Embassy brand. They have started to source the freshest coffee beans for their cafes and other wholesale clients. They prioritized the freshness of coffee beans in their delivery and that’s the best about them. Both founders source coffee according to the harvest calendar.
Visit them: 107 Fitzgerald Avenue
Underground Coffee Roasters
Their coffee is versatile and different things at one time. You will find it bold, delicate, punchy and tender, all different blends of coffees. They perform the method called ‘hot air roasting’ for their green coffee beans sourced from reputed growers around the world. They supply and wholesale the quality natural coffee to various cafes or in the wholesale coffee market.
Visit them: 190, Durham Street Southern
C4 Coffee Co.
C4 coffee is leading its way in the coffee industry for over 20 years and that is in sourcing and supplying. You cannot resist their spacious warehouse in Christchurch as their speciality coffee and the premium taste reflects in their warehouse ambience. You can witness the coffee magic happening from the cafe. They have more than 12 single-origin options of coffee blends including their famous one ‘Krank’.
Visit them: 278 Tuam Street
Switch Espresso
It was all started out as a one-man operation based in New Brighton. Later, it turned out one of the most iconic coffee brands in Christchurch. They have a holistic approach to their coffee blends as well as their hospitality. They have been sourcing coffee beans from Trade aid and organic co-operatives across the world. They roast various types of single-origin coffee creating into a wide range of great blends for wholesaling and home brewing as well.
Visit them: 25 Birmingham Drive, Middleton
Jailbreaker
Jailbreaker Coffee company focusses to serve others in the coffee industry as they redistribute 70% of the profit locally and internationally as well. Their house blend ‘ jailbreaker’ is also behind the fine collection of coffee beans you find at the Addington Coffee C0-op. They also redistribute their profits to the very coffee growers from their purchase. Most of their Organic and Fairtrade coffee beans are from Trade Aid creating their practices more transparent and quality control.
Visit them: 297 Lincoln Road