About Us

How Online Coffee Started

Chris Meyer, AKA The Coffee Monster, is a bearded, tattooed, coffee drinking machine with a soft spot for passing on his passion for coffee. Oh, and he has a cute daughter called Harper who came up with the name for his alter ego one morning after watching him knock back yet another coffee.

Before becoming The Coffee Monster, Chris spent 18 years in the hospitality industry, some of that in New Zealand, and some across the ditch in Melbourne where his passion for the bean grew.

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Fast forward to 2020 and Chris is locally known and respected for his knowledge in the industry. With an ever growing network and a desire to work with influential local brands, Online Coffee was born.

Online coffee runs on the ethos of being a simple network that people from all over New Zealand can approach and purchase Christchurch and New Zealand's premium coffee.

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Part of The Coffee Monster’s mission is to help people outside their comfort zone and introduce them to new ways of enjoying their favourite beverage.

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Chris, The Coffee Monster and Online Coffee ain't George Clooney, and Nespresso isn’t on the menu, but everything else is.