Altura Coffee Company is a café, roastery and coffee equipment business at 23 Douglas Alexander Parade, Rosedale, North Shore, Auckland. Established in 1991, Altura describes itself as a world class coffee roaster, led by master roaster Chris White, who draws on his experience as an international coffee judge.
At the Altura Cafe & Roastery, visitors can taste Altura's coffee alongside a range of seasonal, locally-grown, freshly-made food for breakfast, brunch or lunch. Altura also roasts its own gourmet coffee blends — Altitude, Supreme and Eclipse — sold alongside single origin, decaf and organic coffee, Tea Drop teas, and Belgian hot chocolate.
Beyond the café, Altura is the sole New Zealand distributor for Rancilio espresso machines and Compak grinders, offering wholesale supply, technical support, servicing and barista training to café customers, as well as a Brew Bar Session experience and a full range of home coffee equipment and accessories.
Altura Coffee Company has been roasting coffee since 1991, and today runs a café and roastery alongside a full coffee equipment and wholesale business from its base at 23 Douglas Alexander Parade, Rosedale, North Shore.
Altura describes itself as a world class coffee roaster, and that reputation centres on master roaster Chris White, who brings his experience as an international coffee judge to the business. That judging background feeds directly into Altura's barista training courses, which run from coffee appreciation right through to latte art.
At the Altura Cafe & Roastery, visitors can taste Altura's coffee alongside a menu built around seasonal, locally-grown, freshly-made food, open for breakfast, brunch or lunch. It's a chance to try the coffee in its intended setting, made by the people who roast it.
Altura's coffee is built around three gourmet blends — Altitude, Supreme and Eclipse — each made by skilfully blending beans sourced from the world's best growing regions. Beyond the blends, Altura also stocks single origin coffee, decaf and organic options, and coffee capsules, alongside Tea Drop teas and Belgian hot chocolate for anyone after something other than coffee. A coffee subscription service delivers fresh coffee regularly, anywhere in New Zealand.
For something beyond a standard coffee order, Altura offers a Brew Bar Session — described as the baristas' take on a chef's table experience, where visitors can watch and learn as their coffee is made.
Altura is the sole New Zealand distributor for Rancilio espresso machines and Compak grinders, and stocks a wide range of coffee equipment and accessories — barista tools, brew products, cups and glassware, coffee storage, roasters, and machine and grinder cleaning products — for anyone setting up a home coffee station or a café.
Beyond retail, Altura runs a wholesale arm supplying cafés with roasted coffee beans, backed by 24/7 technical support, barista training and a wide range of café supplies. Altura's servicing department checks and assesses major mechanical components on customer machines, and with specialist knowledge of Rancilio and Compak equipment, the technical team helps diagnose problems and keep machines running. An after-hours emergency service is also available for machines Altura supplies.
Customers can earn rewards through the Altura Rewards loyalty programme every time they buy their favourite coffee, and Altura shares updates and offers through Facebook and Instagram.
Altura Cafe is open Monday to Friday from 7am to 3:30pm, and Saturday and Sunday from 8am to 3:30pm. The site has previously flagged temporary café closures due to power faults, so it's worth checking current opening status before visiting.
Between its own roasted blends, a café built around fresh, seasonal food, a Brew Bar experience, and a wholesale and servicing arm backed by decades of roasting expertise, Altura Coffee Company covers most of what a coffee lover — or a café owner — might need, all from one Albany base.