Young, Gifted and in Our Neighbourhood
13 December 2017
A flat over around the corner, a music studio over the road, a boyfriend also working for us, we’re lucky 21-year-old Australian Melina Payne and her UK boyfriend Jack not only chose Wellington for their next adventure, but Te Aro!
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Heading South: Emporio Coffee on the Mainland
12 December 2017
We catch up with Janice Paterson, owner of Ambience, our Southern-most café.
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Lightening Rod: Emporio Barista
22 November 2017
Rod Hill has been with us for just seven weeks but he already feels at home at Emporio.
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Orange is the New Black: Kapiti Coast Coffee
28 August 2017
Vanessa Richmond used to work long hours in HR at a London finance house. That life must feel a long way away from her small business on the Kapiti Coast, where she now trades in coffee and conversation.
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In the Mountains of Bali
23 August 2017
Emporio’s Simon Maguire is telling me about cats poo-ing out coffee beans. I think he’s joking ...
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Our First Clients: Martinborough Coffee
24 May 2017
The Martinborough Village Café, under a former owner and as part of the Martinborough Wine Centre, opened in 2000, around the same time as Miriam and Eric Heycoop established Emporio Coffee. It was Emporio’s first café client! Seventeen years later and with new owners Bruce Laurence and Chris Peterson, Emporio Coffee is proudly still ‘served here’. On a crisp Autumn day, I hooned over the hill and sat down with Bruce for a lively chat...
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Moto-Mates Bond Over Coffee
24 May 2017
Emporio owners Miriam and Eric Heycoop have just returned from a week in Victoria. Always a great opportunity to experience inner-city Melbourne’s amazing café scene, this time Eric ventured further afield for a completely different coffee experience. And it was in the small settlement of Malmsbury, about an hour’s drive from the centre of Melbourne, that he discovered a kindred spirit.
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Students - Win Free Barista Training in our Instagram Competition
26 April 2017
Want to work in a café? Follow and tag us on Instagram and you’ll go in the draw to win free barista training from our expert trainer, Katie Forshaw.
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Espress Yourself — Artists at the Helm
24 April 2017
New Emporio baristas Katie Forshaw and Fern Hilden are bringing renewed creativity to our counter.
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Buy, Sell, Trade or Swap: A Conversation with our Neighbour, David White
22 April 2017
I challenge anyone to step into David N. White Gallery, our neighbour at 88 Abel Smith St, and not feel a flurry of excitement. Every wall, shelf and cranny is bursting with colourful collections just waiting to be discovered and taken home. Amid a scene of florals and patterns, even a jar of knitting needles calls to me.
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