Our Coffee Story

A freshly ground moment of happiness with every cup

Otto Espresso is our locally roasted, award winning, hand selected blend of beans that combines single origins from the finest estates in Brazil, Ethiopia, India and Colombia.

Perfectly matched to your favourite sweet treats


Our baristas are trained in the art of pouring the perfect coffee, because we know that coffee isn’t just something you drink, it’s a magical moment to yourself, brewed to give you the cof-feels, every time!

Whether you enjoy a well-balanced cup of coffee with accents of nuts and dark chocolate, or a subtle, yet strong blend that allows the rich, caramel & hazelnut notes to linger on your palate, Otto’s Espresso is the perfect partner for our award-winning cakes and treats.



Trained in the art of pouring the perfect coffee

Our gold medal winning training program has been developed by baristas, for baristas.

Just ask our Barista of the Year, Amy-Lea Hovey. She’s still perfecting her latte art across the west of Melbourne at our Hoppers Crossing, Point Cook & Sanctuary Lakes stores.

There are so many other quality baristas in our network, like Christie Hoffman from Somerville, a finalist in our Barista of the Year competition for 5 years in a row, and a winner on more than one occasion.

Coffee that bakes the world a better place

We’re always on the lookout for opportunities to reduce our environmental footprint which is why we make sure that our partners are doing the right thing as well. This means choosing to partner with coffee plantations who offer great quality, sustainable coffee.

These partners focus on ensuring maximum efficiency of all resources, including:

  • Reducing effluent generation by 50%
  • Converting their effluent into compost
  • Reducing their consumption of electricity by 80% using only LED lighting

Plarre’s Finest Blend of Beans

Otto’s Espresso is a medium to dark roast that teases all the flavours out from the beans, giving us a consistently delicious coffee.

When creating Otto’s Espresso, our coffee connoisseurs took their time to create the finest blend of beans, ensuring that every cup of coffee offers a great balance of flavour sensations from all around the world.

Region: Tenza Valley

COLOMBIA

High grown in the area Bogotá on the central branch of the Andean Mountains, the coffee of the Tenza Valley comes from two producer groups. Between them, they cultivate approximately 1,215 hectares of coffee. The groups have opposite growing cycles, which allows good availability through the year. With average temperatures of 19 – 24ºC and 1500 - 2000ml rainfall, it’s an ideal coffee growing area.

Region: Sidamo & Yirgachaffe / Estates: Various

ETHIOPIA

Sidamo is a province in southern Ethiopia known for coffees that have fine acidity, body and sweetness. Guji is a sub region in Sidamo that produces amazingly fruity, floral coffees. Yirgachaffe is a sub region of Sidamo with its own classification producing both washed and unwashed coffee. Flavours tend to be intensely floral, citrusy and berries. The cupping is soft, chocolatey, fruity, wine notes and clean.

Region: Coorg / Estate: Elk Hill

INDIA

The Elk Hill and Fairlands Groups of Estates in Coorg were bought in December, 1952. This was followed by an additional purchase of the Raigode Group in January, 1954, Mylatpur Estate in April, 1957 and Karumbaramotte Estate in 1986. At present, the Elk Hill Group consists of 8 Estates, totalling 927 hectares of planted coffee (320 ha. for Arabica crop and 607 ha. for Robusta crop) and produces about 1000 tonnes of clean coffee per year, on an average, out of which 50 tonnes is organically cultivated coffee. The Estate has an in-house coffee curing facility, which ensures that the coffee is properly processed and does not lose its identity. The cupping is soft acidity, medium body, intense sweetness, orange with citrus and raisin finish.

Region: Monte Belo, Minas Gerais / Estate: Monte Alegre

BRAZIL

The team at Monte Alegre takes great care to ensure that their production follows strict environmental standards through; energy rationing, waste and water management, reduced fertilizer usage and emissions tests for all vehicles, including tractors. Over 20% of the land, which makes up the Monte Alegre estate is dedicated to permanent preservation areas which contribute to the bio-diversity of the farm. The farm is UTZ, Rainforest Alliance and BSCA certified. The cupping is sugarcane sweet, buttery, cocoa, pop corn and nutty. It is certificated in UTZ, Rainforest Alliance and BSCA.