Aspiration, passion, determination: this is the bedrock on which we’ve built Kofè. A decade before Kofè, Chief Coffee Scientist Mitch was working as a schoolteacher in Far North Queensland. While teaching marine science and following his passion for helping people through education, he developed a keen interest in coffee. Through a series of events so intricately woven we’ll leave the details for his memoirs, this led to Mitch building his first coffee roaster with nothing but a popcorn machine and some “home engineering”. For the sake of maintaining some mystique, that’s all we’ll share about this part of our journey. Oh, and one more thing: Of course, this contraption needed a name. Behold, the birth of Frankenstein.