COFFEE CULTURE (THE CROSSING)
158 Cashel Street, The Crossing, Christchurch Central City, New Zealand, 8011
Open Monday to Friday 7am – 5:30pm, weekends 8am – 5pm
+64 (03) 365 1771
Chris Houston started Coffee Culture 26 years ago. It operated as one little coffee shop in the sleepy seaside village of Sumner in Christchurch, with a roaster inside the café so that guests could embrace the whole coffee experience.
Today, 20 uniquely designed boutique Coffee Culture shops now serve brews to New Zealand customers, springing from a passion to combine the science and art of coffee.
“We are definitely about getting great coffee to our guests quickly, but that handmade touch is always special,” says Sacha Coburn, Director and Chief Operating Officer of Coffee Culture.
Coffee Culture’s house roast is carefully and consistently produced from its two local roasteries. Here, Coffee Culture roasts beans from Colombia, Papua New Guinea, and Brazil to create its house blend. Sacha says the result is a widely appealing, medium-bodied blend with notes of red and jammy fruits, chocolate, and nutty notes.
At time of print, Sacha highlighted the current Matariki seasonal roast – one of four different blends which feature throughout the year – in celebration of the Mãori New Year holiday. Sacha says this Ethiopian roast is full-bodied with notes of dark chocolate, blueberry, and key lime, and reflects Coffee Culture’s ethos of inclusivity and warmth.
“We have our own ideas about what the perfect coffee is,” Sacha says, “but we really want to make it so our guests from all walks of life enjoy it.”
Coffee Culture also offers light
