About ST. ALi — Melbourne's Specialty Coffee Roasters

SINCE 2005

ST. ALi IS AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST AND MOST RECOGNISED INDEPENDENT SPECIALTY COFFEE ROASTER. FOUNDED IN 2005 IN A SOUTH MELBOURNE WAREHOUSE, WE STARTED ROASTING BETWEEN CAFE TABLES BEFORE EVERYONE TOOK SPECIALTY COFFEE SERIOUSLY, AND NEVER TOOK OURSELVES TOO SERIOUSLY DOING IT.

NEARLY 20 YEARS ON, WE’RE STILL AT IT, STILL LEADING AND STILL PUSHING. WE HELPED SHAPE HOW MELBOURNE DRINKS COFFEE AND HOW THE WORLD SEES IT. DIRECT RELATIONSHIPS WITH FARMERS. IN-HOUSE ROASTING. FOOD THAT MATTERS. MAGIC, BEFORE MAGIC WAS A THING.

TODAY, WE OPERATE ACROSS FOUR COUNTRIES AND SERVE OVER 1,000 PARTNERS. AND WE’RE JUST GETTING STARTED.

WE’VE ALWAYS GONE BEYOND THE CUP. ALONGSIDE OUR SIGNATURE BLENDS, YOU’LL FIND CANS, CAPSULES AND COLD BREW CONCENTRATE POUCHES, THE FIRST OF THEIR KIND. WE SEE NOT JUST WHAT COFFEE IS BUT WHAT IT COULD BE.

YOU’LL FIND US IN AIRPORTS, LANEWAYS, KITCHENS AND CARTS, AS WELL AS CENTRE STAGE AT THE AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX, IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT WITH PORSCHE AND WHEREVER COFFEE AND CULTURE MEET.

MELBOURNE BORN, GLOBALLY MINDED AND STILL CREW OWNED. WE’VE BEEN PART OF HOW MELBOURNE EARNED ITS COFFEE CAPITAL STATUS, AND WE’RE SHAPING WHAT COMES NEXT.

ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES IN COFFEE

ST. WHO?

ST. ALi DERIVES ITS NAME FROM ALI IBN UMAR AL-SHADHILI, A FOURTEENTH-CENTURY SUFI CLERIC. HE SPENT TIME IN SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA, WHERE HE LEARNED OF A BERRY THAT PROMOTED WAKEFULNESS AND TOOK IT BACK TO YEMEN. AS YEMEN INTRODUCED COFFEE TO THE WORLD, HE IS CONSIDERED THE PATRON SAINT OF COFFEE.

HOSPITALITY

WHERE COFFEE MEETS CULTURE. OUR CAFÉS ARE LIVING TEST KITCHENS. NEW BLENDS. NEW DRINKS. NEW IDEAS. WHAT BEGINS IN MELBOURNE OFTEN TRAVELS THE WORLD. FROM LANEWAYS TO AIRPORTS, THIS IS WHERE COFFEE, FOOD AND CULTURE COLLIDE.

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SOURCING

ORIGIN SHAPES EVERYTHING. WE BUILD DIRECT RELATIONSHIPS WITH PRODUCERS AND PRIORITISE TRANSPARENCY, SEASONALITY AND LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIPS. GREAT COFFEE STARTS LONG BEFORE ROASTING.

BEANS & GROUND

EACH BLEND IS BUILT WITH INTENT. STRENGTH, FLAVOUR, MILK PERFORMANCE AND BREW METHOD ALL CONSIDERED. WHETHER IT’S BLACK, STRONG OR MILK FORWARD, THERE’S A PURPOSE BEHIND EVERY ROAST.

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WHOLESALE

BUILT FOR PARTNERS WE WORK WITH OVER 1,000 PARTNERS ACROSS FOUR COUNTRIES — CAFÉS, RESTAURANTS, HOTELS AND OPERATORS WHO WANT MORE THAN JUST BEANS. TRAINING. EQUIPMENT. SUPPORT. SCALE.

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