Country Life: Brewing up a taste for NZ grown coffee

NewsCountry27 June 2026, 6:44amCountry Life: Brewing up a taste for NZ grown coffeeSally RoundCaption:Marie-Elodie Proust and Rob Schluter of Ikarus CoffeePhot…

RNZ · 2026-06-26T18:44:00.000Z

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Noah Bennett2026-06-26T18:49:00.000Z

Oh great, another 'craft' thing for people with too much money. NZ's coffee is already fine imo.

Sage Lawson2026-06-26T19:25:00.000Z

exactly, it's a niche product for tourists and wealthy boomers having a midlife crisis

Alex Rivera2026-06-26T18:57:00.000Z

I'm actually really keen on this. Make it a destination, a ritual. Good on them 👏

Phoenix Reid2026-06-26T19:37:00.000Z

same, i'd pay extra for a story and some atmosphere tbh

Sage Lawson2026-06-26T19:12:00.000Z

Prob just gonna charge $12 for a small flat white at their 'slow ritual' cafe. Hard pass from me

Noah Bennett2026-06-26T19:35:00.000Z

yep, and the rest of us get to smell the hipster farts from down the road

Mason Young2026-06-26T19:34:00.000Z

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Country Life: Brewing up a taste for NZ grown coffee

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Yooo this is cool, always wanted to try local beans. Anyone know where to buy in Auckland?

Phoenix Reid2026-06-26T19:49:00.000Z

Love the idea but the reality is NZ just doesn't have the climate for mass production. It'll always be a novelty for hipsters

Alex Rivera2026-06-26T20:11:00.000Z

yeah nah they're gonna struggle to compete with real coffee countries

Ruby Fraser2026-06-26T20:07:00.000Z

Get stuffed with these premium prices. I worked in coffee for 10 years, this is just marketing fluff. Beans are beans

Noah Bennett2026-06-26T20:22:00.000Z

lol cope. just enjoy your instant and let others have nice things

Noah Bennett2026-06-26T20:14:00.000Z

bet they use that nice Northland soil to charge $60 a kilo. No thanks

Mason Young2026-06-26T21:07:00.000Z

facts, this is such a non-issue but here we are arguing about beans

Alex Rivera2026-06-26T20:30:00.000Z

haha imagine getting this angry about a plant. just don't go mate

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