About Us

Our Journey

Coffee Alchemy started many many moons ago growing up with grandma's coffee trees, helping her pick, process and roast... the obsession rekindled in later years by a domestic espresso machine, a grinder and the insatiable desire for fresh coffee. A small commercial roaster followed the growing list of acquisitions not to mention the growing hill of beans.

Soon a little café tucked away in a quaint suburb was opened as an outlet for our obsession. But the madness continues to grow, along with the roaster, the coffee machine, the espresso bar {Flint and Steel}, the Australian Barista Champion title, the NSW Championship titles, the Australian Cupping Champion title, the Golden Bean Gold medal for Filter Coffee (along with more Golden Bean medals - silvers and bronzes over a few years), , the Sydney Royal Fine Food 2008 bronze medals, the Sydney Royal Fine Food 2009 silver and bronze medal (both in the espresso category) and bronze (plunger category), the 3 "coffee cups" and the "Best Coffee" award in the SMH Good Cafe Guide 2011, and that mountain of green beans....