Inside Kōwhai Coffee — warm lighting, wooden tables, morning light streaming through windows
Specialty Roasters — Ponsonby, Auckland

Coffee worth waking up for.

Single-origin beans roasted weekly in our Ponsonby roastery. From farm to cup — never stale, never rushed, always worth the pour.

Great coffee starts at the source.

We source directly from farms in Ethiopia, Colombia, and Guatemala. Small batches, roasted every Tuesday, shipped every Wednesday. Your beans are never more than a few days old.

We started Kōwhai because we were tired of stale supermarket coffee pretending to be specialty. So we built a roastery, partnered with farmers we trust, and now we pour the same coffee we roast — right here in Ponsonby.

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3
Origin Countries
48hr
Roast to Door
Free
NZ Shipping $40+
7am
Open Daily
Barista pouring steamed milk into a flat white, creating latte art
A perfectly crafted flat white on a wooden table
Cozy café interior with exposed brick and warm lighting
Coffee beans being poured into a grinder
Iced coffee in a glass with morning light
A bag of specialty single-origin coffee beans from Ethiopia
This Month's Pick

Ethiopian Yirgacheffe — Washed

Bright, floral, with notes of jasmine and stone fruit. A crowd favourite that drinks beautifully as a pour-over or a filter. Light roast, single farm, fully traceable.

Origin
Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia
Process
Washed
Roast
Light
Notes
Jasmine, Peach, Bergamot
Buy — $22 / 250g Free shipping over $40
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Best flat white in Ponsonby — and that's not a small claim. The Ethiopian single origin changed what I thought coffee could taste like."
Anna Whitfield
Google Review

Come find us.

134 Ponsonby Road
Ponsonby, Auckland 1011
New Zealand
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Opening Hours
Monday – Friday7:00am – 3:00pm
Saturday7:30am – 4:00pm
Sunday8:00am – 3:00pm
Public Holidays8:00am – 2:00pm