now
roasting
Manilla St
Northern Italian
Papua New Guinea
Tanzanian
Nacaraguan
Guatemalan
What happens when two professional caffeine addicts grow weary of the puff they’d come to expect from their beloved coffee industry? Fortitude Roasters is what. Come. frolic in this, their delightful diatribe.
what we do
Fresh Coffee & beans
7 days a week you’re invited to join Scottie and Matt for espresso and beans in their Manilla Street roastery. If it’s advice you seek, then it’s free advice you’ll get. The boys are always up for a friendly chat, happy to indulge your curiosities, and will give it to you straight.
Cafe and food menu coming soon.
Contract Coffee Roasting
If you’re hunting a wholesale contract roaster, Matt offers bespoke blending and white-labelled branding for your own unique twist on things. His pragmatic approach to any cafe setup, coupled with Scottie’s extensive business knowledge, ensures you get setup with a machine that’s fit-for-purpose.
Coffee Training
Fortitude will soon offer coffee training. Whether you require SCA certified training or not, we can tailor curriculum training to your exact business requirements. We also offer team building corporate events in the form of lessons, tastings and appreciations.
Blends
What: Our organic house blend
Roast: Omni
Suitability: All brew methods
Components:
Colombian Planadas
Indonesian Mandheling Fair Trade Organic
Ugandan Sipi Falls Organic
Flavour: Grapefruit, Caramel, Raisin
Fragrance: Salted Caramel, Biscuit
Aroma: Winey, Raisin, Prune
Acidity: Medium Level
Body: Medium Level
Balance: Well Balanced
Sweetness: Caramel
Aftertaste: Slightly dry with a grapefruit tartness
Inspiration: Alan Watts
Processing: Washed / Wet-hulled
What: Northern style roast. Will put hair on your chest.
Roast: Dark
Suitability: Espresso, Stovetop, Plunger
Components:
PNG Fair Trade Organic
Indian Tiger Mountain
Columbian Project One-to-one
Flavour: Baker’s Chocolate and Brown Sugar
Fragrance: Malt, Cocoa
Aroma: Baker’s Chocolate
Acidity: Low Level
Body: Big
Balance: Well Balanced
Sweetness: Molasses
Aftertaste: Coating
Inspiration: Brothers Giuseppe & Bruno Bambi, Founders of La Marzocco
Processing: Washed
Single Origin
What: Fair trade, organic, good vibes
Roast: Dark
Suitability: Espresso, Stovetop, Plunger
Components: PNG Fair Trade Organic
Flavour: Dark Chocolate, Spice
Fragrance: Rich & Inky
Aroma: Cedar
Acidity: Low
Body: Chewy
Balance: Well Balanced
Sweetness: Malt
Aftertaste: Lingering Cocao
Inspiration: Cecilia Nembou
Processing: Washed
What: Rainforest Alliance
Roast: Omni
Suitability: All brew methods
Components:
Single Origin, Nicaraguan Selda Negra
Flavour: Orange Rind
Fragrance: Citrus Medley
Aroma: Orange Rind
Acidity: Medium
Body: Medium
Balance: Like a toucan
Sweetness: Sugar sugar
Aftertaste: Orange
Inspiration: Alexis Arguello
Processing: Honey processed
What: South American organic goodness
Roast: Omni
Suitability: All brew methods
Components:
Single Origin, Guatemalan Organic el Vergel
Flavour: Strawberry, Pineapple, Honey
Fragrance: Ripe Strawberries
Aroma: Rose tea
Acidity: Medium
Body: Medium
Balance: Like a gymnast
Sweetness: Honey
Aftertaste: Fruit salad
Inspiration: Miguel Angel Asturias
Processing: Natural
What: Tanzanian Special Sundried
Roast: Omni
Suitability: All brew methods
Components:
Single Origin, Tanzanian Special Sundried
Flavour: Dried Apricots, Macadamia
Fragrance: Juicy Fruit
Aroma: Bircher Muesli
Acidity: Tart
Body: Medium
Balance: Well
Sweetness: Honey
Aftertaste: Fresh Cream
Inspiration: Fadhy Mtanga
Processing: Natural
our
founders
Matt
HEAD ROASTER
Matt doesn’t like having his photo taken. Despite that and being a Kiwi he’s actually quite a nice guy. He’s also a highly experienced coffee roaster. After cutting his teeth at Havana Coffee and Fidel’s Cafe (famous in NZ bro) he moved overseas to Rickshaws and Flat White in China before landing on the Gold Coast like every other Kiwi ever.
Scottie
co-founder
Scottie is passionate about coffee. He’s this animated in real life too. Seriously, ask him about anything that troubles you and he will always have an opinion (no guarantees it will be right… but it comes with amazing coffee… so at very least you’re guaranteed a caffeine hit). With a zillion years in the industry, he’s somewhat entitled to his opinions, and is an open book for anyone willing to listen and learn.
join the team
We’re looking for people to work with us as we expand our cafe space. Applicants must have some intestinal fortitude and love coffee as much as our customers do (cause we’ve had enough of the $h!† for one lifetime). Jokes.