Your Local Coffee Roasters Brew Bar and Roastery sits on Manukau Road in Pukekohe, pairing a working coffee roastery with a compact brew bar devoted to the craft of the individual cup. It is the small-format sibling of Your Local's West Street cafe, run by the same Pukekohe family, and it exists to help people slow down and explore coffee at their own pace.
Behind the bar is Ria, barista and coffee roaster who competed — and won — nationally, taking out the New Zealand Brewers' Cup Championship in 2016. Her philosophy shapes the whole place: coffee as a tool for self-discovery, mindfulness, friendship and community, with guests treated as neighbours rather than customers. Your Local is a Living Wage Employer, a member of the Specialty Coffee Association and the New Zealand Specialty Coffee Guild, and its team aims to make it Franklin's favourite coffee place.
Beyond the counter, the roastery's blends, single origins, Roaster's Series and drip bag coffees are available to take home or order online, with subscriptions and wholesale for regular supplies. The Brew Bar itself can also be booked outright for small events, with a two-hour minimum and room to tailor longer or evening sessions — a rare chance to have a champion roastery all to yourself.
On Manukau Road in Pukekohe, Your Local Coffee Roasters Brew Bar and Roastery brings together two things that rarely share a roof: a working coffee roastery and an intimate brew bar built around the craft of the individual cup. It is the small-format sibling of Your Local's West Street cafe, run by the same family, and it exists for a simple purpose — letting people slow down and explore coffee at their own pace.
Your Local was founded by Ria, a barista and coffee roaster who competed — and won — on the national stage, taking out the New Zealand Brewers' Cup Championship in 2016. But the idea behind Your Local reaches beyond trophies. Ria describes coffee as a tool for self-discovery, mindfulness, friendship, love and community, and wanted to create a space that celebrated all of it. When her family made Pukekohe their home, Your Local became the expression of that move: guests are treated as community rather than customers, and coffee is simply the means of connecting.
The wider business reflects the same ethos. Your Local aims to be Franklin's favourite coffee place and the employer of choice for hospitality in Franklin — a Living Wage Employer that promotes a genuine culture of hospitality and supports its team through perks, benefits and career growth. The roastery is a member of the Specialty Coffee Association and the New Zealand Specialty Coffee Guild, so the coffee is taken seriously even while the mood stays warm and unhurried.
The Brew Bar is compact by design. It pours Your Local's roasted coffees alongside treats, and both can be ordered ahead online for pick-up if you are passing through Pukekohe. Sit in, watch the brewing up close, ask questions and let the team steer you toward a blend or single origin that suits your taste — this is a bar built for curiosity rather than a rush.
Almost everything the roastery makes can go home with you. The retail range covers the core blends and a single origin series, the Roaster's Series for something special, and drip bag coffee for quality brews on the road. Drip bags in particular make it easy to keep the habit going at the office, on the road or anywhere a kettle is close. A coffee bean subscription keeps fresh roasts arriving on schedule, while cafes and businesses can source Your Local coffee wholesale. Beyond beans there is coffee gear and cups, pre-paid coffee cards, gift vouchers, and branded corporate gifts and gift boxes. Online orders over $70 ship free.
One of the Brew Bar's most distinctive offerings is that you can book the space outright. It is set up for small events, hires for a minimum of two hours, and bookings need to allow time for set-up and close-down around your event. Longer sessions and evening bookings can be arranged by emailing Ria, and questions are welcome through the orders email. For birthdays, workshops, tastings or a private catch-up with a barista at your service, it is a genuinely different kind of venue.
Order ahead through the takeaway link and your coffee and treats will be waiting at the Manukau Road bar. With a little more time, treat a visit as a mini coffee education: the people behind the bar have competed and won at a national level and are generous with what they know. Check the single origin and Roaster's Series shelf before you leave, and if you are planning a local event, look at the brew bar booking page early — a small, characterful space like this will not stay free for long.
Your Local Coffee Roasters Brew Bar and Roastery sits at 173 Manukau Road, Pukekohe — part of a genuinely local coffee family, alongside the West Street cafe and Your Local Bakery, that has made Franklin its home and coffee its way of looking after it.