Award-Winning Weta Coffee Opens In Fiji
Weta Coffee, an award-winning coffee roasters and espresso bar from Auckland, New Zealand, has opened a café at the heart of Suva.
Weta Coffee is now open inside Mobil On The Go on Victoria Parade, opposite Kadavu House.
“We’re proud to provide the finest, award-winning coffee from New Zealand to our valued customers in Fiji,” said Weta Coffee co-founder, Miles Masters, when in Suva recently with co-founder, Sandra Allan.
“Fiji and New Zealand have historically maintained close ties, whether in trade or through friends and family, and what better way to bring us closer together than through delicious coffee?”
Mr Masters and Ms Allan were in Suva to carry out barista and staff training.
Weta Coffee (Fiji) is owned and operated by locals Darran and Mue Bentley Fisher through their company Thirty Three Pte Ltd, also the exclusive distributor of Weta Coffee in Fiji.
“We’re thrilled about introducing Weta Coffee to Fiji,” said Ms Bentley Fisher.
“Miles and Sandra have created an exceptional product in their award-winning coffee. We’re also delighted to offer the award-winning Weta Hot Chocolate too!”
Weta Coffee is the winner of the New Zealand Coffee Awards Silver Medal 2015 – Flat White category and Urban List Readers’ Choice Best Coffee in Auckland Award – 2016.
Weta Hot Chocolate is the silver-medal winner of the NZ Chocolate Awards 2017 and 2018.
Bentley Fisher added that the café will maintain strict eco-friendly practices.
“At Weta Cofee, being a grab-and-go outlet, we only use plant-based biodegradable and compostable takeaway packaging,” Bentley Fisher said. “Our packaging is made from abundant, rapidly renewable resources such as corn and bamboo.”
Weta Coffee was born in One Tree Hill, Auckland in 2014.
Weta Coffee sources 100 per cent premium Arabica beans from sustainable and ethical plantations around the world where the farmers take a real pride in producing an exceptional crop.
Mr Masters and Ms Allan roast manually (i.e. no computer programme) in true artisan fashion and make adjustments during each roast according to smell, sound and visual to create Weta Coffee.
“Our tasting notes for the house blend are ‘Medium to high acidity with fruity citrus notes and a full rounded chocolatey caramel finish’,” said Mr Masters.
Source: Weta Coffee
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