Empire Coffee was started in 2016 by two brothers who couldn't find a mobile coffee cart serving high quality coffee in Christchurch
A combination of passion for outstanding coffee, as well as access to the best equipment possible, means Empire Coffee can bring you perfect coffee from a mobile cart. The number of staff working changes depending on the event - we can comfortably make 120 coffees per hour per cart, so are happy dealing with big crowds
Our beans are roasted by Coffee Embassy, who are based in Christchurch and focus on sourcing and roasting direct trade, high quality green coffee beans from around the world. We're currently using the Embassy Espresso blend of 50% Burundi and 50% Guatemalan beans, and often have single origins available for black and filter coffees
We grind our beans using Simonelli Mythos One grinders. These give a consistent milling chamber temperature ensuring a constant dose and therefore a higher quality of espresso extraction
We have two coffee carts, both are three wheeled Piaggio Apes from Italy with 50cc engines. Their top speeds vary between 25 kmph and 35 kmph depending on the direction of the wind..... This is great around Christchurch but if we have to go outside the city we have a car trailer that can take a coffee cart plus our gear, so we can easily get to events around the South Island
A combination of passion for outstanding coffee, as well as access to the best equipment possible, means Empire Coffee can bring you perfect coffee from a mobile cart. The number of staff working changes depending on the event - we can comfortably make 120 coffees per hour per cart, so are happy dealing with big crowds
Our beans are roasted by Coffee Embassy, who are based in Christchurch and focus on sourcing and roasting direct trade, high quality green coffee beans from around the world. We're currently using the Embassy Espresso blend of 50% Burundi and 50% Guatemalan beans, and often have single origins available for black and filter coffees
We grind our beans using Simonelli Mythos One grinders. These give a consistent milling chamber temperature ensuring a constant dose and therefore a higher quality of espresso extraction
We have two coffee carts, both are three wheeled Piaggio Apes from Italy with 50cc engines. Their top speeds vary between 25 kmph and 35 kmph depending on the direction of the wind..... This is great around Christchurch but if we have to go outside the city we have a car trailer that can take a coffee cart plus our gear, so we can easily get to events around the South Island
