Altura Coffee, Adelaide
Altura Coffee
Roasting in Findon since 1999. Family owned, small batch, and still here long after most of their contemporaries called it a day.
Roaster ProfileAltura roastery or bags
1200 x 900
The roastery
Twenty-seven years is a long time in coffee
Altura has been roasting in Adelaide since 1999. To put that in context, they were roasting before anyone in this country said "third wave" in a meeting, and they are still going while a lot of louder operations have come and gone.
They started in Beverley and now roast on Grange Road in Findon. Same family, same small-batch approach, no rebrand every second year.
Unglamorous consistency is exactly what you want from the people roasting your coffee.
What they roast covers a lot of ground: espresso blends, washed African single origins, and a decaf that does not taste like a punishment.
Roastery interior or the team
1600 x 900
Approach
How they roast
"Wide spectrum" is the phrase they use for it, and in practice it means they are not locked into one roast profile and then bending every coffee to fit it.
The espresso blend sits at a classic medium. The Burundi goes slightly lighter to keep the fruit and the clarity intact. The decaf gets extra attention through the roast, because decaf loses its sweetness easily if you treat it like everything else.
It is roasting built around the coffee rather than around a house style. Rarer than it sounds.
What we send
The Altura coffees in the rotation
Grange Rd Espresso Blend
Ethiopia, Honduras and Papua New Guinea · Medium roast
Grange Rd bag
1200 x 900
The flagship, and it has been there since day one. Named after the road they roast on. Honey sweetness up front, caramel and toffee through the middle, white chocolate once there is milk in it.
An everyday espresso in the best sense. It works at 6am when you are barely conscious, and it still rewards you on a Saturday when you are actually paying attention. Built for repetition without getting dull.
Burundi, Kibingo Washing Station
Kayanza, Burundi · Fully washed Red Bourbon
Burundi bag
1200 x 900
Grown high in Kayanza and processed at Kibingo for clarity and sweetness. Bright berries first, cacao and honey through the middle, black tea on the finish.
The useful part is that this one genuinely works as both filter and espresso. Altura roasted it with both in mind, so you are not compromising either way.
Mountain Water Decaf, Mexico
Chiapas, Mexico · Mountain Water process
Decaf bag
1200 x 900
Decaf has a reputation problem, mostly earned, because most of it tastes like the colour beige. This one does not.
Soft cocoa, dried fig, and it holds a proper crema. The decaf you reach for after 3pm because you want it, not because you have to.
Bump the dose slightly. Decaf extracts differently and the extra couple of grams help the body.
Family owned, small batch, since 1999
Twenty-seven years is a long time in specialty coffee. Altura have been at it since before the term existed in common use. Family owned, roasting in small batches in Findon, with the kind of consistency that only comes from doing the same thing well, repeatedly, for nearly three decades.
Questions people actually ask
Where is Altura Coffee roasted?
In Findon, Adelaide, at 253 Grange Road. They have been roasting in Adelaide since 1999 and started out in Beverley.
Is Altura Coffee family owned?
Yes. Same family, twenty-seven years, no private equity in sight.
What does the Grange Rd blend taste like?
Honey sweetness, caramel and toffee, and white chocolate in milk. It is a medium roast built from Ethiopian, Honduran and Papua New Guinean coffee, and it suits espresso machines, moka pots and plungers.
Can I get Altura coffee delivered?
Yes. Altura sell direct, and their coffee also comes through the Allways Coffee subscription, roasted to order and shipped free anywhere in Australia.
Why order Altura through Allways instead of going direct?
If Altura is the only coffee you ever want to drink, go direct. Genuinely. They are good and they deserve the business.
Allways is for the other situation. You like good Adelaide coffee, you do not want to drink the same bag forever, and you do not want to run six separate subscriptions to avoid that. One subscription, a different independent South Australian roaster each delivery, ground to whatever you actually brew with. Altura is one of fifteen.
Altura, without committing to only Altura
One subscription. Fifteen independent Adelaide roasters. Roasted to order, free shipping Australia-wide, pause or cancel whenever you like.
