Pomeroy's Coffee and Tea Co. — based at its Stoke, Nelson site known as The Coffee Factory — is one of Aotearoa's true coffee originals. Family owned and operated since 1989, the company has spent more than 30 years roasting and producing award-winning coffee in Nelson, New Zealand, making it one of the oldest family-run coffee businesses in the country.
Coffee is only half the story. The shop also carries one of the largest tea ranges you'll find — more than 100 different loose-leaf teas spanning black, white, green, oolong, herbal and fruit varieties, plus a dedicated China tea selection and rooibos. As the team like to put it, tea is one of the oldest drinks in the world and there's not a tea bag in sight — just a sensory journey waiting in every cup.
Beyond the beans and leaves, Pomeroy's is a full brew-gear destination: espresso and filter machines, stovetops and plungers, domestic, hand and commercial grinders, brew gear, barista tools, cleaners, spare parts, teapots and infusers. Add Shott syrups, cups, mugs and drink bottles, and it covers everything from a first home setup to a café fit-out.
Sweet tooths are looked after too, with a treats and gifts range full of New Zealand and Nelson-made goods — Hogarth chocolate, Bennetts bars, Baron Hasselhoff's truffles and salted caramels, fudge, panforte, honey, nuts and chocolate-covered coffee beans. Coffee subscriptions keep regulars supplied on their own schedule, wholesale enquiries are welcome, and the website's brewing guides help you get the best from whatever you're brewing with.
Step into The Coffee Factory at 16 Elms St in Stoke and you're stepping into more than three decades of Nelson coffee history. Pomeroy's Coffee and Tea Co. has been family owned and operated since 1989, roasting award-winning coffee right here in Nelson, New Zealand, and along the way it has become one of the oldest family-run coffee businesses in Aotearoa.
That longevity shows in the depth of what's on offer. This is part roastery, part tea merchant, part brew-gear shop and part gift store — a rare combination that makes it worth a browse whether you're a die-hard espresso drinker, a loose-leaf tea obsessive, or simply after a good present for the coffee lover in your life.
The team at Pomeroy's make a simple point on their own website: there is something about experience that can't be replicated, no matter how hard you try. Over 30 years of roasting in Nelson gives them plenty of it. The coffee range splits neatly into two camps — blends and single origins — with something to suit the daily-drinker palate and those who like to chase the character of a specific origin.
If you fall in love with a particular roast, you don't have to keep making the trip. Coffee subscriptions are available online, and the autoship system is refreshingly flexible: your favourite products reorder automatically on your schedule, you can change what's coming or when it ships, and you can pause or cancel at any time.
Wholesale enquiries are welcome too, so cafés and offices around the region can pour Pomeroy's behind their own counters. And if you're still finding your feet, the site's brewing guides walk you through getting the best out of whatever gear you own — from a top-of-the-line home espresso machine to a plunger taken out into the wilderness.
Coffee may have come first, but tea is where Pomeroy's genuinely astonishes first-time visitors. The range runs to more than 100 different teas — black, white, green, oolong, herbal and fruit, plus a dedicated selection of teas from China and a rooibos section. As the team put it, tea is one of the oldest drinks in the world, and there's not a tea bag in sight.
Browsing is described as a sensory journey with every cup, and with a category for every mood — something brisk and malty for the morning, something delicate for the afternoon, something caffeine-free for the evening — it's a wall worth taking your time over. To brew it properly at home, the shop carries teapots, infusers and accessories, along with spare parts for well-loved pieces.
The equipment shelves cover everyone from the home barista to the café operator: espresso machines, filter machines, stovetops and plungers, domestic, hand and commercial grinders, brew gear, barista tools, cleaners and coffee spares. If it helps get hot water and ground coffee together properly, it's probably here.
Then there's the treats and gifts section, which leans heavily on artisan chocolate and New Zealand and Nelson-made goods: fudge, biscuits, crackers, panforte, nuts, honey and chocolate-covered coffee beans sit alongside Baron Hasselhoff's rich espresso truffles, rosemary-infused salted caramels and the rose, raspberry and pomegranate "Swinging Sultan" truffles, plus Bennetts chocolate bars and award-winning Hogarth chocolate. Add Shott syrups, Acme teaspoons, Zero Japan crackle and mini teacups, drink bottles, cups and mugs, and online gift cards, and gifting problems largely solve themselves.
One of the most distinctive things on the shelf is What a Lad, a coffee collaboration with one of New Zealand's top sports podcasts. The show is hosted by James Marshall, a professional rugby player who has played in New Zealand, the UK and Japan, and features him catching up with some of the greats of the game — their journeys to the top, plus plenty of classic yarns along the way. The idea, naturally, is to sit back with a Pomeroy's brew while you hear what these sports stars are really like off the field.
Come for freshly roasted Nelson coffee, stay for a hundred-strong wall of loose-leaf tea, and leave with gear, chocolate or a gift card. Whether you're kitting out a kitchen, fuelling a workplace or hunting a present, Pomeroy's packs a lot of Aotearoa coffee and tea culture into one Stoke storefront.