Maya Handley

Maya Handley is the baker/owner of Florets Bakery in Grey Lynn Auckland. Florets focus is on baking highly nutritious bread, and creating beautiful sandwiches and sweets with seasonal produce. They use whole-grain flour and slow sourdough fermentation to create nutrient dense loaves with great flavour and keeping quality. Maya sources seasonal and sustainably grown ingredients including flour grown biodynamically by Milmore Downs in Canterbury. Florets love preparing delicious food and coffee to nourish the community, 

Maya lives in Titirangi, in an old brick house built in 1946, together with her husband, they have been slowly renovating it and working with the help of her Mum to weed and restore the native bush surrounding the home. After having lived in NY and LA for 13 years, living now surrounded by all these trees is very uplifting.

1. Birch Broom

We have this at our front door and it's such a nice small and lightweight broom to quickly sweep up leaves from our entrance.

2. Tall Rattan Basket

We have a few of these at home and I find them super useful for collecting and carrying washing. I like the refined tight weave and how light they are.

3. Sori Yanagi Kettle

I love coffee in the morning and tea all afternoon long. I use this kettle multiple times each day after work to make my herbal tisanes. It's so functional and beautiful to look at kept out on the stovetop.

4. Copper Tea Canister

We find this very useful to store and scoop freshly ground coffee for the weekend. The finish is beautiful and reflects light nicey.

5. Autumn Leaves Incense

I like lighting incense to start my mornings on the weekend, I love the warm musky feeling of this Autumn scent.