Kaldi's Coffee

Kaldi's Coffee (Amharic: ካልዲስ ኮፊ) is an Ethiopian coffee house chain headquartered in Addis Ababa. Founded by Tsedey Asrat and Elias Ketema, it is the largest coffee house chain in Ethiopia, operating in two dozen coffee shops in Addis Ababa and other cities.

Kaldi's Coffee

Company type	Private
Industry	Coffeehouse chain
Founded	2005
Founder	Tsedey Asrat Elias Ketema
Headquarters	Sarbet Adams Pavillion Building, Roosevelt St, Addis Ababa , Ethiopia
Number of locations	30 (2016)
Area served	Ethiopia
Key people	Tseday Asrat (CEO)
Products	Ethiopian Yirgacheffe coffee
Revenue	129.5 million birr (2016)
Owner	Tseday Asrat
Number of employees	1,800 (2016)
Website	kaldiscoffee.com

Description

Kaldi's Coffee was established in 2005 by Tsedey Asrat and Elias Ketema.^[1][2] It has operated over two dozen coffee shops in Addis Ababa as well as other cities in Ethiopia. It is by far the largest coffee house chain in Ethiopia.^[3] Tseday stated in one interview that the business behind Kaldi's Coffee was:^[4]

Kaldi’s was able to get popularity instantly by offering quality services and coffee. I hadn’t even thought about opening more than one at the beginning. After 18 months in the business, I was able to see the growing demand because we had a lot of customers. It made sense to follow where there is demand; this led to the opening of the second chain and the others followed.

See also

• Coffee production in Ethiopia
• Kaldi