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Roaster Collaboration #81 - Ryder Specialty Coffee
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Roaster Collaboration #81 - Ryder Specialty Coffee

We’re in Queenstown again this month to meet Sam, Wes and Pete - the three masterminds behind micro roastery Ryder Specialty Coffee. They source and roast specialty coffee on Aotearoa's very first commercial electric roaster, a Probat P05e and are on a mission to bring delicious coffee to Queenstown and beyond with the least impact on our planet they can! Sustainability is at the heart of their ethos, not just roasting, and they are using home compostable bags and labels for all bags of coffee – as well as currently in the process of rolling out reusable tins to deliver coffee locally to wholesale partners. Though green coffee has a ways to go to meet sustainability goals due to the distance coffee must travel from origin, selecting ethically sourced specialty grade coffee with knowledge that the farmers are being paid a fair price for their expertise...