Code Black Coffee
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Axil Coffee Roasters
Since 2010 · David Makin, Zoe Delany
Overview
Axil was founded in 2010 by husband-and-wife team David Makin — a two-time Australian Barista Champion — and Zoe Delany, who first met at the 2006 Victorian Barista Championships and roasted Axil's earliest beans inside Coffee Supreme's Abbotsford space before opening their own Hawthorn flagship at 322 Burwood Road on 18 May 2011. The name comes from the botanical "axil" — the joint between leaf and stem where coffee flowers cluster on the tree. Axil's head barista Anthony Douglas won the 2022 World Barista Championship, and the company now runs roughly 16 Melbourne locations alongside a wholesale operation.
Known for
- Founders met as competitors at the Victorian Barista Championship in 2006 and built the business as a husband-and-wife team
- Co-founder David Makin is a two-time Australian Barista Champion
- Head barista Anthony Douglas won the 2022 World Barista Championship
- Hawthorn flagship and roastery at 322 Burwood Road, opened 18 May 2011, plus roughly 16 Melbourne locations
- Named for the botanical axil — the joint where coffee flowers grow on the plant
Why it matters
Hawthorn's first serious specialty roastery and the corporate home of a World Barista Champion — Axil sits on the front line of Melbourne's eastern-suburbs specialty growth and has produced champion competitors at the top of the global field.
Production
- destoning
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- head roaster
- Matthew Crowley
- color sorting
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- roaster machine
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- filter equipment
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- cupping frequency
- daily
- roastery location
- Hawthorn, Melbourne
- espresso equipment
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- annual volume tonnes
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Café
322 Burwood Road, Hawthorn VIC 3122 (flagship)
Recognitions
- World Barista Championship 2022 (Anthony Douglas, Axil)
Sources
- https://axilcoffee.com.au/pages/about-us
- https://www.brewtech.com.au/blog/axil
- https://www.broadsheet.com.au/melbourne/food-and-drink/article/australian-barista-champions-open-axil-cafe-hawthorn
- https://www.beanscenemag.com.au/axil-coffee-discusses-growth-expansion-and-sharing-the-axil-experience/
- https://www.beanz.com/en-au/coffee/roasters/axil
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