Rio Coffee

Stepney SASince 1964

Who is Rio Coffee?

Fulvio Pagani emigrated from Italy in the 1950s. In 1964 he started Rio Coffee with a 10kg roaster and a blue Volkswagen van, blending, roasting and learning about coffee day by day. Six decades on, Rio is the oldest coffee roasting house in South Australia. It's still family-owned, still roasting to order. The roastery sits in Stepney, Adelaide. Rio focuses on single-origin coffee and long-term relationships with its green bean producers, striving for sustainability at origin. Those relationships run local, national and international, and clients keep coming back. Roasting is the craft. Relationship building is the trait that has kept the business going.

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Is this the best price on Rio coffee?

Short answerWe have only just started tracking Rio, so there is no earlier price to beat yet.

Cheapest way in

$48.90 /kg

Crema 500g, 500g bag.

Coffees tracked

Blends, single origins and decaf with a listed price.

Price history

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Earlier prices will appear here as we record them each week.

Every Rio coffee, where it sits and where it’s been.

One row per bag, priced per kilo, cheapest first. Solid dot is today; pale dots are prices we recorded earlier.

Prices from Rio’s own store. Australian median: the middle one-off 1kg price across 456 roasters, as the Bean-o-Metre uses.

Which Rio coffee should I buy?

Short answerIf you want the cheapest cup, Crema 500g at $48.90 a kilo.

	Type	Size
Crema 500g	Blend	500g	$24.45500g	$48.90
Espresso	Blend	250g	$12.35250g	$49.40
Crema 250g	Blend	250g	$12.35250g	$49.40
Central	Blend	350g	$17.95350g	$51.29
Metric	Blend	350g	$17.95350g	$51.29
Element	Blend	350g	$17.95350g	$51.29
Blend 64	Blend	350g	$17.95350g	$51.29
Single Origin Brazil	Single origin	250g	$13.25250g	$53.00
Single Origin Colombia	Single origin	250g	$13.25250g	$53.00
Single Origin Guatemala	Single origin	250g	$13.25250g	$53.00

10 coffees from Rio Coffee’s own store. Per kilo is worked out from the listed bag size. Gear, samplers and multi-delivery plans are left out.

Are there any Rio deals right now?

Short answerNothing running today. We check Rio Coffee’s store every week.

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Is a Rio subscription worth it?

Short answerRio Coffee sells a coffee subscription. We haven’t verified its discount yet, so we don’t compare it with other roasters here.

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How does Rio compare to similar SA roasters?

Short answerWe can’t price-index Rio Coffee yet — the Bean-o-Metre needs a 1kg bag on sale. Here are the 5 SA roasters closest to the $61.50 Australian median.

Roaster	Where	1kg bags	Middle 1kg bag	vs median
Dal Mare Coffee	McLaren Vale	6	$60.00	−2%
Boston Bean Coffee Company	Port Lincoln	6	$60.00	−2%
1645 Coffee Roasters	Glynde	3	$60.00	−2%
Taylor's Blend	Stonyfell	1	$60.00	−2%
Pogo Coffee Roasters	Kent Town	6	$62.00	+1%

Middle 1kg bag: the median one-off price of each roaster’s 1kg coffees — the Bean-o-Metre’s own figure. Australian median $61.50. A roaster with one 1kg bag is priced on that bag alone.

Common questions about Rio

Where can I buy Rio coffee?

Direct from riocoffee.com.au. Not in Coles, Woolworths or Aldi — we check all three every week.

Does Rio have a coffee subscription?

Yes, Rio Coffee sells a coffee subscription. Their own site has the plans and terms.

Where is Rio Coffee based?

Rio Coffee is based in Stepney SA, and has been roasting since 1964.

What's the cheapest Rio coffee?

Per kilo, Crema 500g at $24.45 for a 500g bag — $48.90 a kilo.