Rocket Coffee Roasters

cold brew is a good place to start here, though the espresso-based menu holds its own easily enough. rocket coffee roasters sits on barton street in hamilton central, which isn't the flashiest strip in the waikato but has a quiet, unhurried energy that suits a roastery-café doing things at its own pace. they roast their own beans, which means what ends up in your cup isn't travelling through three middlemen before it reaches you. locals keep coming back, and that kind of loyalty in a mid-sized new zealand city doesn't happen without consistency behind the counter. if you're in the area on a weekday morning, barton street at this hour is genuinely calm, and a long black here is a decent reason to slow down before wherever you're headed next.