About us

The Grade 1 Arabica beans are sourced directly from the lush mountain slopes of the Shire Highlands of Malawi. The growing of the beans was once the task of Origin Coffee’s director, Roger Sheppard, who once held the responsibility of creating plantations for 200 hectares of irrigated coffee.

From working with global corporations such as the Commonwealth Development Corporation and Unilever, running five estates producing approximately 800 tonnes of coffee per annum, to then becoming managing director and major shareholder of his own coffee plantation, it was only a matter of time when Roger immigrated to New Zealand, he would turn his hand to the other side of the ever expanding coffee industry.