Kindred Coffee, Adelaide
Kindred Coffee
Alex and David have been roasting since 2019 under a line short enough to actually mean something: “Brew Good. Do Good.” Green coffee stored, roasted, packed and dispatched inside the same day.
Roaster ProfileAlex and David at the Probat
1200 x 900
The roastery
Roasted, packed, gone
Kindred started in 2019, run by Alex and David with a combined 35 years and more in coffee between them. They call themselves nomad roasters, which is a tidier way of saying there is no shopfront with their name over the door. The coffee is the business.
The bit worth paying attention to is the timing. Kindred store their green coffee, then roast, pack and dispatch it all within the day of roasting. Nothing sits in a warehouse waiting for a picking run, and nothing goes out that was roasted last month and has been quietly going stale in a box since. For a subscription, that is the entire argument. Coffee is at its best in the weeks after roasting, not the months.
“Brew Good. Do Good.”
“Brew Good. Do Good.” is the line they run under. Four words, no paragraph of explanation attached, which is refreshing in a category that usually needs a whole page to say the same thing.
The Probat P12 mid roast, green sacks alongside
1600 x 900
Approach
How they roast
Two Probats do the production work, a P5 and a P12, which covers everything from a small lot to a proper production run without having to push one machine outside what it is good at. Alongside them sits a Kaffelogic for sample roasts and competition coffees.
The Kaffelogic is the detail that tells you the most. A sample roaster is how you find out whether a green coffee is any good before you commit to a sack of it, and competition coffees are where a roaster gets judged by people who are not being polite about it. Neither is a shortcut. Both are the sort of thing a roaster does when they care what ends up in the bag.
Kindred Coffee
Started in 2019 by Alex and David, with a combined 35 years and more in coffee. Nomad roasters running two Probats, a P5 and a P12, plus a Kaffelogic for samples and competition coffees. Green stored, then roasted, packed and dispatched within the day of roasting. “Brew Good. Do Good.”
Questions people actually ask
Where is Kindred Coffee roasted?
In Adelaide, South Australia. Kindred call themselves nomad roasters, so there is no cafe or shopfront address to send you to. The coffee is roasted on two Probats, a P5 and a P12.
Who is behind Kindred Coffee?
Alex and David, who started Kindred in 2019 and have a combined 35 years and more in coffee between them.
How fresh is Kindred coffee?
About as fresh as the format allows. Kindred store their coffee green, then roast, pack and dispatch it all within the day of roasting, so nothing sits around waiting to be picked and packed.
Can I get Kindred Coffee delivered?
Yes. When Kindred comes around in the Allways rotation the coffee is roasted to order, ground to how you brew or left whole, and shipped free Australia-wide. You can also buy direct from Kindred.
Why order Kindred Coffee through Allways instead of going direct?
If Kindred is the only coffee you ever want to drink, go direct. They dispatch the day they roast and more of the money stays with the roaster, which is a good outcome. Allways is for the other situation. One subscription, a different independent South Australian roaster in each delivery, ground to how you actually brew. Kindred is one of fifteen roasters in the rotation, not the whole thing.
Kindred is one of fifteen
One subscription. Fifteen independent Adelaide roasters. Roasted to order, free shipping Australia-wide, pause or cancel whenever you like.
