Coffee sales reach record numbers at Coronet Peak

Coffee sales reached record numbers at Coronet Peak during school holidays as skiers and riders bought 25,814 hot beverages between them.

Although they expected high numbers, Jenny Graham, Food and Beverage Manager at Coronet Peak said 25,000 was “just amazing”.

 

“It’s a pretty awesome feat to produce that many coffees and hot chocolates – that’s way more than ever before and we have received really positive feedback from customers about the quality,” she said.

 

Ms Graham praised staff for keeping up with the demand without any problems.

 

“It was a huge ask to keep up,” she said. “All our staff came to us as fully-trained baristas, and were then put through intensive training by our coffee supplier Douwe Egberts. Two baristas can operate one machine at a time, allowing us to serve customers very quickly.”

 

Coronet Peak has a new Head Chef this year, Peter Becker of Waiheke Island, and Ms Graham said this season was the first time he had ever seen snow.

 

“He’s absolutely loving it. We’re all having a great season. It’s the second season in our new kitchen and building so we really know how to drive it now. Extremely popular this year is the new Mexican cantina on the deck - it’s very affordable and we’ve tripled its capacity since opening as a result of its popularity.”