History of Soprano Coffee
Established in 1998, Soprano Coffee (originally named Coffee Break Heaven) began as a cafe/coffee roasting house in Mona Vale, NSW, roasting on a 8kg Turkish roaster. Our coffee was one of the most consistently awarded coffees at the Royal Easter Show. Between 1999 and 2004 our coffees had received 13 awards, we then did not enter for a few years.
In 2005 we moved to a factory in Manly Vale, re-branded to Soprano Coffee and purchased a larger 24kg Deidrich Coffee Roaster.
Then in 2012 we outgrew the 24kg roaster and factory, purchased a larger factory, more high end packing equipment, a Deidrich sample roaster and a 180kg/hr fully automated Deidrich coffee roaster.
Craig, our master roaster, has developed a superb range of blends to suit every taste. From the great all round coffee Mocha Supremo blend awarded multiple awards, to the award winning Caramella blend (of which the flavour was described by the international coffee roasting judges in Melbourne 2013 as "A rich, sweetness, full bodied, vanilla, almond and chocolate flavours push through the milk").
Soprano Coffee specialises in contract coffee roasting, creating blends and custom packaging for clients from 60kg to 2ton per order.
Soprano Coffee supplies green coffee beans for home coffee roasters and cafe coffee roasters.
Coffee Awards
2000
Champion
Gold
Silver Royal Fine Food Awards Sydney
2001
Bronze Cappuccino Class RFF Awards
2002
Silver, Cappuccino Class
Bronze, Plunger Class
Bronze, Cappuccino Class
Bronze, Espresso Class,
Bronze,
Bronze, Plunger Class
2003
Silver, Plunger Class
Bronze, Plunger
2004
Silver, Espresso Class
Bronze, Plunger Class
2005-2008
Did not enter
2009
Bronze, Cappucino Class, Private Label
Bronze, Plunger Class, Private Label
Silver, Cappucino Class, Private label in CSR Sugar Golden Bean coffee roasting competition
2010
Silver medal, Espresso class,
Bronze medal, Cappucino class, 2 Bronze medals, Private label
2011
Silver and Bronze award
2012
4 Bronze awards
2013
4 Bronze Sydney Royal Show
2 Bronze at International Coffee Competition Melbourne
2014
2 Silver medals Sydney Royal Easter Show
2 Bronze medals Sydney Royal Easter Show
2015
2 Silver Golden Bean Coffee roasting competition
5 Bronze Sydney Royal Easter Show
2016
1 Silver Golden Bean Coffee roasting competition
6 Bronze Sydney Royal Easter Show, Golden Bean Coffee roasting competition
2017
Contract roaster for
The runner up overall winner of golden bean competition
1 Gold, Golden Bean Coffee roasting competition
2 Bronze, Golden Bean Coffee roasting competition
Contract roaster for
Champion/winner of the Latte Blend Fine Food Show/Easter Show coffee competition
1 gold
4 bronze