Their story goes back nearly 30 years to their founder Gerry Ford. Armed with a passion for coffee, he had a vision to create traditional Italian cafés across Europe – places that would serve very high quality coffee and serve as neighborhood meeting spots.
They started off simply trying to make a few local independent coffee houses work. And they did work! They never aspired to be a big company. In fact, even today they see themselves as a start-up and local, neighborhood coffee house. They have grown one coffee, one customer, and one cafe at a time – always trying to be the best at what they do.
They have reinvested in the business to stay true to the original vision, and they have done this with resilience and determination. Making great coffee takes some doing. So, they built their own Roastery and created a unique award-winning coffee blend (they regularly work on developing new and interesting blends too). And, importantly, they set up our espresso training school – where all their Baristas master the Art of Coffee Making.
This has led to their family owned and operated business opening more than 1,000 coffee houses across the United States, Europe, and Middle East.
