Peoples Coffee News

Organics in action

Cooperatives like Anei are doing incredible things like using ants to distribute home-grown penicillin to fight coffee diseases!

The cost of staying mission-driven: Daily Grind Vol. 4

Greetings from the lower North Island, I'm sitting in my home office and thinking of the break-even sheet my accountant gave me when I first took the lease on our Constable St. shop in Newtown, wa...

Why we're investor owned: Daily Grind Vol. 3

Warm winter greetings from the roasty, toasty, wooden floors of the mothership of Peoples Coffee. Since arriving back on deck four months ago I’ve been using the analogy of a pirate ship and crew ...

Why we chose plastic: Daily Grind Vol. 2

Packaging composition is a common ‘coffee table’ chat here at Peoples Coffee. And the decision to move to soft plastic material sparked a lot of good conversation within our team.

Daily Grind Vol. 1

This month marks Matt’s (that’s me) return to the helm of the Peoples ship. I realise that this business that turns twenty this November has become an institution, at least in Wellington.

Mexico San Fernando cooperative

San Fernando (Unión de Ejidos y Comunidades San Fernando) is an organization of small coffee growers in the state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.The San Fernando co-op’s main goal is to improve the ...

Aeropress Recipe

January’s coffee of the month is the Colombia Tolima 🫘 Our barista Penny’s Aeropress Recipe ✨ COFFEE: 16 grams WATER: 94 degrees, 200mls METHOD: Add 16 grams of ground coffee to the chamber. The c...

Holiday sale, 20% off coffees!

Now through December 15th get 20% off coffee on the webstore. Now's the time to get a last-minute gift for someone special or stock yourself up for summer.

Moka pot recipe

December’s coffee of the month is the Tadesse Meskela 🌱Our barista Ella’s Mocha-pot recipe:COFFEE: 18g 3/4 of basketGRIND: FineMETHOD:1- Fill the base of the stovetop (the boiler) with boiling wate...

Limited release - Sidama Natural

Our Head roaster Rene Macaulay has visited the Sidama co-op twice over the years, 2019 being the last trip. He has always been impressed with the professionalism of how the leadership and vision ar...