Oomph! Coffee ... intense!
Carlos Kindred, Master Roaster
Oomph! is a specialty coffee roasting house based in Hobart, Tasmania.
The distant island of Tasmania is home to artists and boutique producers of fine food and drink. In the tradition of skilled craftsmen – seeking perfection rather than mass production – the Kindred family has brought its skills as multi-award winning master roasters, show judges, barista champions and barista trainers, to the supply of coffee for the discerning coffee lover.
Oomph! is also a training house for those seeking to make a career in the fast-growing and exciting world of coffee.
What is specialty coffee?
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- Oomph! is a craft roaster, and a retail and wholesale supplier of globally-responsible specialty coffees;
- Oomph! is a supplier of high quality commercial and domestic coffee equipment;
- Oomph! is a market leader in Tasmania for the growth of wholesale coffee outlets;
- Oomph! is seeking suitable franchisees to open sites in all states of Australia, except Tasmania.
The Oomph! Coffee Roastery is now back in town!
You will find it in Murray Street (opposite Chemist Warehouse), only a short walk from the CBD.
The new premises boast a complete kitchen, a chef catering for a full open cafe, where coffee is prepared on our new SLAYER espressor machine (see below).
Our beautiful Portuguese roaster will feature, and the skills of our roasters will be on show while you sample the end results in the cafe.
We will offer unique micro lot single estate coffees sourced from around the world, and also plan cupping sessions which will be open to the public. Participants will experience the exact procedures and tasting adventures we go through to select the various coffees used for our own blends.
The whole warehouse is open to the public for sales of all things coffee.
The new SLAYER espresso machine ...
Craft-built in Seattle, USA by Eric Perkunder, this machine is a first for us, and indeed for Tasmania.
This is a powerful industrial craft-built machine with virtually endless steam capacity, plus brew temperature stability on multiple groups even during maximum volume use.
So excited to have it here! The cost is around 5 times more than a normal high quality espresso machine, but when you taste the results we think you will agree it is well worth it.
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Sustainable coffees
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The Beans ~
Oomph! starts with the selection of the best single-origin, organic, shade-grown, washed Arabica beans – certified in accordance with the quality standards of Fair Trade and Rainforest Alliance. These cost us four times the price of the cheap beans that go into most chain-outlet coffees. Bitter is not a substitute for the flavour and pleasure that comes from high-end specialty coffee.
The Master Roaster ~
When it comes to roasting, Carlos Kindred is the Master Roaster. He is a certified Sydney Royal Show judge. He learned his trade under World Barista Champion Paul Bassett. In 2006 Carlos Kindred was the most awarded roaster in Australia.
Roasting is an art and a science. This is not part of the process that should be left to hit and miss, or to the urgency of mechanized production.
At Oomph! we take care.
We want to be known as the best there is.
The Baristas ~
Come to the Oomph! Coffee Shop in Liverpool Street, Hobart. Meet Nikki Kindred. Nikki trains and judges baristas. She travels all over Australia judging barista championships. When it comes to a great cup of coffee, Nikki is intense. Only perfection will do.
Also in the Oomph! Coffee Shop, preparing your coffee, are the first, second and third place-getters in the Tasmanian State Barista Championships – ranked among the very best in Australia. Aaron Kindred is the champion. (Watch Aaron at work)
The Oomph! Coffee Shop is managed by Dain Kindred – another top-ranked AASCA champion and coffee intensive.
