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Why I bet everything on specialty coffee

Kofi Asante on building a café that's really a community.

By Kofi Asante 5 min read May 5, 2024 Food & Drink Accra, Ghana
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Kofi Asante opened Kofi's Coffee Bar with a simple bet: that a great cup of coffee could anchor a neighbourhood.

Sourcing close to home

Working directly with West African growers shaped both the menu and the mission — quality and provenance in the same cup.

"People don't come back for the coffee alone. They come back for the room."

- Kofi Asante

The hardest lessons were operational: margins, staffing, and the daily discipline of consistency.

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