We roast and serve coffees that we think taste great. Our offerings change throughout the year, depending on what's in season and what we think will work for the consumer. We buy and roast in small batches to ensure we bring out the best qualities in every lot.
At our espresso bar, we are able to roast small highly controlled batches of coffee. The people roasting the coffee are the same people pulling shots and serving the coffee to the customers. This connection with the roasting process has enabled us to fine-tune our roasts over the last nine years.
Barista empire coffee (Be.specialty) was started eight years ago by Ben Boyle who, after several years working for other coffee companies felt that there wasn’t enough connection between the coffee importers, roasters and baristi. Ben opened Ben espresso in downtown Auckland which still houses the Barista Empire roasting plant.
At our espresso bar, we were able to roast small highly controlled batches of coffee. The people roasting the coffee were and still are the same people pulling shots and serving the coffee to the customers. This connection with the roasting process has enabled us to fine tune our roasts over the last four years.