Consumer NZ rates the country’s instant coffee brands

Consumer NZ rates the country’s instant coffee brands

Consumer staff have blind-taste tested nine instant coffee brands and found that higher price doesn’t necessarily mean better taste – with a supermarket budget brand providing New Zealanders with the best at-home instant brew for their buck. An important...
How to grow a coffee brand: Altezano Brothers

How to grow a coffee brand: Altezano Brothers

The Goatley family has a deep connection to Central America – and to coffee. Richard was born in El Salvador and Tim was born in Guatemala and his parents worked as missionaries in the area. While they were living there, they met and befriended some local coffee...
How to grow a coffee brand: Peoples’ choice

How to grow a coffee brand: Peoples’ choice

When Matt Lamason started Peoples Coffee in Wellington in 1994, he was in his early 20s and was a self-described “hardcore Fairtrade guy” who “wanted to make a difference in the world through coffee”. He says he wasn’t too comfortable talking about money and wealth...