Wholesale Coffee Supplier for Cafes in Canberra

Finding the right wholesale coffee supplier for your cafe isn't just about the beans. It's about reliability, consistency, and working with someone who actually shows up when something goes wrong. If you're running a cafe in Canberra or the surrounding region, here's what you need to know about working with Six8 Coffee Roasters out of Yass, NSW.

Who Six8 Supply

Six8 supplies specialty coffee to businesses across Canberra and regional NSW. That includes specialty cafes, mobile coffee carts, private schools, wineries, and office or co-working spaces. So whether you're pulling espresso for a busy breakfast crowd or running a weekend cart at a regional market, they work across a range of setups.

The service area covers Canberra, Yass, Queanbeyan, Goulburn, and the surrounding region — with regular deliveries running to all of these. If you're not sure whether you're in range, it's worth getting in touch directly.

The Coffee Itself

Six8 roasts in small batches, weekly, out of Yass. The range is focused — a handful of blends and single origins, each with a clear flavour profile that makes menu planning straightforward.

For espresso-based drinks, most cafes gravitate toward the blends. The Bohemian Blend is the one people come back to — milk chocolate with a hint of raspberry, smooth across different milk types and consistent through a busy service. The Dark Horse Blend sits richer and deeper, with dark chocolate, caramel, and Brazil nut notes — a good fit if your customers lean toward a bolder cup. The Spearhead Blend brings caramel and hazelnut with a dark fruit edge — works well as a rotating seasonal option or a second grinder offering.

If your cafe runs a filter bar or you want a single origin on the menu, the Ethiopian Single Origin (blackberry jam, purple fruits, silky body) and the East Timor Single Origin (deep, earthy, rich) give you two distinct options that appeal to different palates without overwhelming the menu.

What's Included in a Wholesale Account

The minimum order is 5kg. Orders are placed through the Ordermentum app, which most cafe operators are already familiar with.

Beyond the coffee itself, Six8 wholesale accounts include:

• Regular deliveries to Canberra and regional NSW
• Custom blend development if you want something specific to your venue
• Barista training
• Equipment recommendations
• Brewing consultation
• Menu development assistance

That last point matters more than it might sound. If you're opening a new venue or reworking your coffee menu, having someone to talk through grind settings, extraction ratios, and milk-to-espresso ratios with — someone who actually knows your coffee — saves a lot of trial and error.

A Note on the Giving Model

Six8 donates $1 from every kilogram of coffee sold to organisations working to rescue children from trafficking and exploitation. That applies to wholesale orders too. Some venues choose to share that story with their own customers — it's a genuine point of difference that costs you nothing extra and means something real.

How to Get Started

If you're ready to talk through what your venue needs, the quickest way is to reach out directly. You can email roast@six8coffee.com or call 0403 060 367. There's also a dedicated wholesale page at six8coffee.com/pages/wholesale-coffee-canberra with more detail on the account setup process.

If you want to try the range before committing to a wholesale account, the Core Range Pack gives you 250g each of the Bohemian, Dark Horse, Spearhead, and Ethiopian — a practical way to taste the full range in your own setup before you make a call.