Overview
Café Continent is Côte d'Ivoire's first specialty coffee company, founded in Abidjan by Hadi Beydoun to introduce locally-grown specialty coffee to a market historically dominated by instant Nescafé and Nespresso capsules. The operation runs a roastery and consumer-facing coffee shops, and recently opened a new Robusta processing facility at 800m elevation in the country's western mountains as Ivorian fine-Robusta investment accelerates.
Known for
- Côte d'Ivoire first specialty coffee company
- Founded by Hadi Beydoun, Abidjan
- First Ivorian roaster sourcing locally-grown coffee at specialty scale
- Western-mountains Robusta processing facility (800m elevation)
- Private-label production and franchising programs
Why it matters
Côte d'Ivoire was once one of Africa's largest Robusta exporters but has had no specialty coffee culture domestically — most beans were exported green and roasted abroad. Café Continent's vertically-integrated model retains specialty value in-country, builds consumer education infrastructure (consumer education, traceability, processing-method differentiation), and positions Ivorian fine Robusta for the global premium-Robusta wave that Vietnam currently dominates.
Production
- roastery location
- Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Café
This roaster operates a café.