The Story Behind Coffee LaLa
September 2, 2025
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Coffee LaLa was born of a fortuitous string of events.
Surprisingly, roasting coffee is a lot like firing pottery. Potters and cooks make good roasters.
Coffee LaLa was born of a fortuitous string of events.
Surprisingly, roasting coffee is a lot like firing pottery. Potters and cooks make good roasters.
Continuing on from part 1 of my Saudi experience, the English School marketing fair I attended in Riyadh was held in the NZ Embassy …
It’s hard to describe. That feeling in your chest as the music reaches within, grasping your core, sending vibrations throughout your entire being. When nothing exists but you and that rhythm as you melt and connect into something primal.
Fishing may still carry a reputation for being a man’s game, but in Whitianga, tides are changing.
At the time of my employment in 2016, Great Mercury Island had only just been officially recognised as a pest-free island, after a major pest eradication in 2014 focused primarily on rats, but also feral cats.
Coffee LaLa was born of a fortuitous string of events.
Surprisingly, roasting coffee is a lot like firing pottery. Potters and cooks make good roasters.
Continuing on from part 1 of my Saudi experience, the English School marketing fair I attended in Riyadh was held in the NZ Embassy …
It’s hard to describe. That feeling in your chest as the music reaches within, grasping your core, sending vibrations throughout your entire being. When nothing exists but you and that rhythm as you melt and connect into something primal.
Fishing may still carry a reputation for being a man’s game, but in Whitianga, tides are changing.
At the time of my employment in 2016, Great Mercury Island had only just been officially recognised as a pest-free island, after a major pest eradication in 2014 focused primarily on rats, but also feral cats.
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