Proof that dreams come true
When we first met Kyumin, he told us his dream: to become a Q Grader. Last week, he did it. Our head roaster is now a licensed...
Blackberry Co-ferment
Our newest experimental specialty coffee
Taste & See
- Coffee Blends
- Single Origin Coffee
- New Arrivals
- Subscriptions
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GOOD COFFEE TASTES BETTER WHEN YOU KNOW WHO IT'S FROM
Direct Trade
Partnering with Ugandan Coffee Growers
NZ Locally Owned
Whānau run company
Community Transformation
Giving back to development in Uganda
WIN BACK YOUR MORNINGS
18 years of stoked customers
The People Have Spoken
Community
Our crew of coffee lovers
Help From Our Team
Our team is full of great people. Q graders, roasters, baristas, hospo legends, the lot. We're here to help, whatever the question.
Solve The Problem
Corrupt & Faceless
The problem is the coffee industry can be corrupt and most coffee companies are faceless, which can leave you feeling disconnected and unsure if your purchase really matters.
Chasing Better
We wanted a better way. So we cut out the middle man.
Through our Direct Trade partnerships we have seen that coffee has the ability to transform lives and connect worlds.
Your Coffee, Their Lives
When you choose Mt Atkinson’s coffee you're directly supporting coffee growers and their families in Uganda.
Good coffee tastes better when you know who it's from.
Coffee & Yarns
Some people think this is cheating
Coffee doesn't have to taste like coffee. That sentence will annoy some people. Specialty coffee spent years proving that coffee is a fruit, that a seed grown at altitude, on...
Peachy Queen - SOLD OUT
MEET PEACHY QUEEN. - SOLD OUT There are coffees. And then there are coffees that make you stop mid-sip and say what is that. Peachy Queen is the second kind....
Mt Atkinson
Specialty Coffee, Roasted in West Auckland, NZ
Mt Atkinson coffee is a family-owned, NZ and Māori-owned specialty coffee roastery based in New Lynn, West Auckland. For 18 years we've been sourcing, roasting, and brewing coffee that actually means something, for the people who drink it, and the people who grow it.
Whether you're after a daily flat white blend, a single origin with a story, or the best coffee in West Auckland to stock your office kitchen, we've built our range around one idea: good coffee shouldn't be complicated.
Direct Trade
90% of coffee is traded on price alone. No names, no faces, no accountability. Ours isn't like that.
When you buy direct trade coffee from Mt Atkinson, you're buying from real people. Tom on the volcanic slopes of Mt Elgon, Ian and his Black Honey process in West Uganda, Janet and her family. No middlemen, no certifications standing in for a relationship. We pay about fair trade prices.
Small-Batch Roasted, Never Left Sitting
Coffee has a shelf life, and we don't pretend otherwise. Every bag is roasted in small batches at our New Lynn roastery and shipped fresh, not pulled off a warehouse shelf.
What lands on your doorstep were green beans a matter of days ago, not months.
West Auckland based, Māori owned
We're NZ and Māori-owned business. Founders Emily ( Ngāpuhi, Ngāti wai, Ngāti Pukenga)and passionate about supporting local producers in Aotearoa and direct trade partnerships with Ugandan coffee grown. Supporting local ownership matters to us, and it shows up in how we run things: real people, real accountability, no overseas head office calling the shots.
Specialty Coffee That Takes a Few Risks
Some of what we make is built to be dependable, your everyday cup, done properly. But we also run limited experimental releases: co-ferments, slow-dried processes, small-batch single origins that push what specialty coffee can taste like. Not everyone in the industry agrees with it. We've made up our minds.
Coffee Subscriptions, Sorted
Never run out, never overthink it. Choose your blend, your grind, your frequency, and we handle the rest. Fresh coffee on your doorstep, on your schedule, save money, cancel or change anytime.
Coffee Wholesale
Cafes, offices, and organisations across the country run on Mt Atkinson coffee. We supply wholesale nationwide, so whether it's a café counter or a staff kitchen, ensure your pouring the fresh, direct trade coffee that tastes great.
Enquire with us for your cafe or team gets amazing good coffee, roasted fresh and shipped directly to you.
Contract Roasting and Custom Blends
Want your own coffee, roasted your way? We do that too. Contract roasting and custom blends at Mt Atkinson are built around MOQ and relationship, not a one-size-fits-all order form.
Get in touch with our team and we'll figure out what's possible together.
Enquire with us for your cafe or team gets amazing good coffee, roasted fresh and shipped directly to you.
Our Mahi Matters
We have a saying “do our best, and know we can always do better” We don't settle for good enough, were chasing a better outcome, for people, for our planet, and for the future. At the end of our lives, we want to leave the planet better off, not just for our own family, but for the hundreds of coffee-growing families we work with now, and the thousands we hope to work with in the future.
We're a faith-filled couple, guided by a God who loves us, and we believe His goodness is for everyone.
