Feature Profiles
2 January, 2026
DI's beans of fun
SUMMER READING - OUR FEATURE STORY FROM JANUARY 2025 - looking back on the year
GREAT coffee served with a smile is what Di Gordon-Cooke and her husband Paul hope people are thinking after purchasing a brew from their mobile van, Coffee to Di For.
Di’s current coffee van is not her first venture into mobile coffee, she opened her first coffee on the go business in northern New South Wales about 20 years ago.
When she moved to Victoria in 2010, she hung up her barista hat until she did a short stint at a café which reignited her love for coffee making.
Di and Paul run the coffee van together, while Di is a seasoned veteran, Paul was far more comfortable on a bulldozer than on a coffee machine when they opened the business.
A couple of years down the track and Paul is far more comfortable with coffee making and Di jokes that she can almost always read his receipts now.
Di credits her success to her customers and their support over the past few years, “we get so many people who have been recommended us by others, word of mouth has been our biggest show of support”.
“We travelled to Wooroonook Lakes over the holiday period and had a few groups of people travelling there to see us for a cup of coffee.” Di said.
“We’re all about the customer experience and looking after everyone, I spent a lot of time choosing the coffee we use because I wanted it to be something everyone could enjoy rather than just what is new or fancy.”
Making coffee on the go comes with its own unique set of challenges for Wedderburn’s Di.
“Last year’s North Central football grand final at Donald was a battle against the wind. I had to hold the cups as close to the coffee pour
as I could otherwise it was coming out of the machine sideways,” she said.
Both summer and winter sports keep Di busy across the year.
The coffee van attends all Wedderburn football’s home games as well as some of Inglewood’s while she is also busy with iced coffee and other cold drinks during summer across various locations.
Despite the weather challenges, the mobility of the van comes in handy and allows them to set up in places that are normally not accessible for a coffee business,
Di says: “The van runs from a generator so if needed we could set up in the middle of a paddock, we don’t need to be near a power source to run.”
It was a busy 2024 filled with a wide variety of events including a wedding recovery breakfast, a first for them.
They also attended many community events throughout Victoria including the Wycheproof king of the mountain, shire meetings, the opening of a local park, a CFA farewell and school fetes and sports carnivals.
Already 2025 is shaping up to be a busy year for the coffee van with bookings for Anzac Day, Easter and the Labor Day long weekend already lined up.
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