Espresso Elements was born from a simple idea – great, consistent espresso coffee.

Here’s a typical scenario…

You have your favourite local haunt. When Mary is working the machine you know the coffee will be smooth, full of flavour and at the right temperature.  She even adds your half-a-sachet of sugar before you ask.  However when Max is at the machine you might still order your coffee but it’s over-extracted, piping hot and you just know he’ll forget the sugar, even though you come everyday. Twice.

Sound familiar?

Unfortunately everyone and their dog does coffee these days, but not everyone does it great or does it great consistently.  And when they do it great they think they’re on some higher plane and roll their eyes you when you ask for a weak skinny latte.

So this is where Espresso Elements was born.

We decided we would take control over the entire process.  Buy our own green beans, origin-batch roast, use a digital roaster that gives us consistency, use superior espresso equipment, clean our instruments religiously and train our staff to pursue excellence.  We compare our workplace to a kitchen.  You start on the pans (delivering beverages, takings orders) and work your way up to the hot plates (head Barista).  If you can’t make coffee, then you can’t make coffee.

Sound brutal?

Nah…we have passionate people at Espresso Elements and we have a lot of fun too.  Coffee is a complex business and you never stop learning – these are the values we wish to instill in our staff. So what if someone wants a weak skinny latte?  You make them the best damn weak skinny latte they’ve ever had!

So we decided to focus on coffee alone.  Many people hinted we should provide a more ‘café’ style food menu but our theory was that you can get food anywhere, but you can’t get great coffee everywhere. Our lite bites, treats and sweets are delicious and compliment our coffees but they are not the main focus.

At Espresso Elements you can sit down with a great coffee, hot chocolate or tea.  You can then take these products and enjoy them at home.  It’s the same with our espresso equipment and hardware. You can try out most of the machines before you buy which really gives the customer an informed position.
Espresso Elements was designed as a place where anyone, of any age, any day of the week can feel comfortable and take pleasure in consistent, fine coffee.