Who is Dark Horse Coffee Roasters?
Bill and Chris Spathis have been in coffee since the mid-70s. It started in the family coffee lounge in Melbourne's CBD, then moved to their own café businesses. In the early 90s the brothers went to Sydney and opened Retro Café, next door to The State Theatre. It ran for about 15 years and became a Sydney institution. In 2005 they came home to Melbourne and opened Decoy Café in Flinders Lane. Roasting came next. In their words: "Customers enjoyed the coffee so much that we were selling it to them to brew at home. Dark Horse Coffee Roasters was born and the business has taken off." They moved to larger premises at 303 Exhibition Street, where they now roast on-site in small batches. Today Dark Horse is still family-owned and still roasting in the CBD. A range of single origins from growing regions including Colombia, Brazil, Ethiopia and Kenya, fairtrade and organic options, and every batch rested in airtight valve tins before it ships.
Is this the best price on Dark Horse coffee?
Every Dark Horse coffee, where it sits and where it’s been.
One row per 1kg bag, cheapest first. Solid dot is today; pale dots are prices we recorded earlier.
Prices from Dark Horse’s own store, last recorded 11 November 2026. Earlier prices from our weekly record since September 2026. Australian median: the middle one-off 1kg price across 510 roasters, as the Bean-o-Metre uses.
Which Dark Horse coffee should I buy?
| Panama Candela Estate | Single origin | 1kg | $68.001kg | $68.00 |
| PNG Okara A | Single origin | 1kg | $68.001kg | $68.00 |
2 coffees from Dark Horse Coffee Roasters’s own store. Per kilo is worked out from the listed bag size. Gear, samplers and multi-delivery plans are left out.
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How does Dark Horse compare to similar Melbourne roasters?
| Roaster | Middle 1kg bag | vs median | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosso Roasting Co | North Melbourne | 7 | $66.00 | +10% |
| Dark Horse Coffee Roasters | Melbourne | 2 | $68.00 | +13% |
| Vacation | Brunswick | 15 | $68.00 | +13% |
| Coffee Supreme | Melbourne | 4 | $69.00 | +15% |
| Cupid Coffee | Melbourne | 6 | $71.00 | +18% |
| Acuratore | Melbourne | 92 | $73.00 | +22% |
Middle 1kg bag: the median one-off price of each roaster’s 1kg coffees — the Bean-o-Metre’s own figure. Australian median $60.00.
Common questions about Dark Horse
Where can I buy Dark Horse coffee?
Direct from darkhorsecoffeeroasters.com.au. Not in Coles, Woolworths or Aldi — we check all three every week.
Where is Dark Horse Coffee Roasters based?
Dark Horse Coffee Roasters is based in Melbourne, VIC.
What's the cheapest Dark Horse coffee?
Per kilo, Panama Candela Estate at $68.00 for a 1kg bag — $68.00 a kilo.