September Meeting

This month we welcomed Malina Daulton who told us about her and her husband’s journey into the business of coffee roasting and sales.

Founded in 1997, Strictly Coffee produced and supplied freshly roasted coffee for many cafes and restaurants from Canterbury to Southland. Malina, who had had a variety of large leadership jobs in her own career, loved business strategy and was excited about the opportunity to reignite the brand.

Coffee was a “fascinating” product and people were increasingly interested in where it came from and learning about its flavour profile, she said. Coffee comes from a delicate part of the world, in areas that were going to be more ravaged by climate change in the future. The company ensures its packaging is environmentally friendly including recyclable soft plastics which are later turned into fenceposts, and compostable materials.

It was very interesting learning about how the blends determine the flavours of coffee, just like wine we can distinguish variations in the taste, such as blueberry or caramel. Thank you for speaking to us Malina, and for the packets of coffee as lucky prizes.