Kaladi Brothers Coffee

What Kaladi Brothers Coffee does

Kaladi Brothers Coffee is a privately held, vertically integrated specialty coffee roaster and retailer founded in 1986 in Anchorage, Alaska, and operated by Midnight Moon Company, an Alaska-incorporated entity. The company roasts all of its coffee at a single roastery on Brayton Drive in Anchorage, which supplies 13 company-owned cafe locations across Anchorage, Wasilla, and Soldotna, as well as a wholesale network of partner cafes across Alaska. The retail estate is composed of single-format cafes, a drive-thru (Kaladi Brothers Hut), and locations with community rooms. The product line centers on signature espresso blends (Trieste Cafe, Red Goat, Kaladi Cafe Blend, French Roast, Midnight Moon Blend) and single-origin offerings from Colombia, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Indonesia, Mexico, Sumatra, and Tanzania, distributed across multiple formats including 1lb and 5lb bags, K-Cups, and Adventure Packs (single-serve portable pouches).

The business operates four interconnected revenue streams: (1) retail coffee and beverage sales through company cafes, (2) subscription and one-time e-commerce sales through the Shopify-based kaladi.com site with free shipping on subscription orders and orders above $75, (3) a B2B wholesale program delivering fresh-roasted coffee plus commercial equipment (Nuova Simonelli, La Marzocco, Mazzer, Fetco, Franke, Eversys), barista training, and cafe supplies to partner cafes statewide, and (4) ancillary merchandise and education, including branded apparel, MiiR drinkware, the Mug Up Collection co-brand with Salmon Sisters, and a $50 Barista Academy online espresso course. Underlying technical infrastructure is conventional retail/roastery technology: a single production roastery, a Shopify e-commerce platform, and standard point-of-sale in cafes, with no proprietary AI/ML systems, no API, and no mobile app.

The company is privately held with no disclosed institutional investors, funding rounds, or parent company; ownership traces to founder Brad (Brad Bigelow) who started the business as an espresso cart on 4th Avenue in Anchorage. Community engagement is a deliberate brand pillar: the 35+ year New Year's Day Giving tradition donates 100% of beverage sales to local youth-focused charities and has grown to $50,000-$100,000 annually, formalized as the Catalyst for Community program honoring late CFO Dale Tran (2007-2017). The customer base spans individual Alaska consumers, walk-in cafe traffic, DTC subscribers nationwide, wholesale partner cafes, and home baristas purchasing equipment — yielding a diversified but geographically concentrated (Alaska-centric) demand mix.

Name

Kaladi Brothers Coffee

Legal name

Midnight Moon Company

Website

https://kaladi.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Kaladi Brothers Coffee is a privately held Anchorage-based specialty coffee roaster and 13-cafe retailer founded in 1986, selling signature blends, single origins, and home barista equipment to Alaskan consumers, wholesale partner cafes, and US online subscribers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Coffee Retail

NAICS

Coffee and Tea Manufacturing (311920)

SIC

Beverages (2080), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Coffee Roasters with Cafe (Roastery Cafes) (THAFADAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Specialty Coffee & Tea Retail (Beans, Leaves, Accessories) (CRAHAGAI), Coffee, Tea & Cocoa Trading/Wholesale (AFAIAKAD)

Keywords

• Specialty coffee roasting
• Coffee cafe retail
• Coffee wholesale distribution
• Home barista equipment
• Coffee subscription service

Headquarters

HQ city

Anchorage

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices14 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Retail Coffee Sales: Direct sales of roasted coffee beans through company-owned cafe locations and e-commerce platform. Offers whole bean and ground coffee in various sizes (1lb, 5lb) and formats including K-Cups and Adventure Packs.
2. Subscription Coffee Delivery: Recurring subscription model for coffee deliveries with free shipping. Subscribers can manage frequency, skip orders, and customize grind size and coffee selection.
3. Wholesale Coffee Program: B2B wholesale program delivering fresh roasted coffee to partner cafes and businesses across Alaska. Includes equipment sales, installation, maintenance services, and barista training.
4. Merchandise and Apparel: Sale of branded merchandise including drinkware (mugs, tumblers, travel bottles), apparel (hoodies, hats, beanies), accessories (tote bags, stickers, syrup), and home brewing equipment.
5. Barista Academy Online Course: Online espresso education course priced at $50, covering fundamentals, vocabulary, espresso construction, milk steaming, drink building, and cleaning with video lessons, quizzes, and certification.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Kaladi Brothers Coffee roasts and sells specialty coffee blends and single-origin coffees at a company-owned roastery on Brayton Drive in Anchorage, distributing through 13 retail cafes across Alaska and an e-commerce platform offering subscriptions, home barista equipment, branded merchandise, and a wholesale program serving partner cafes and businesses.

Product overview

Kaladi Brothers Coffee is a vertically integrated coffee retail and café chain founded in 1986 in Anchorage, Alaska. The company operates as a single unified offering with three interconnected pillars: (1) roasted coffee products sold at 13 café locations across Alaska (Anchorage, Soldotna, and Wasilla) and online, (2) home brewing and café equipment accessories sold through their e-commerce platform, and (3) commercial wholesale services for business partners. The coffee portfolio centers on named blends (Trieste Cafe, Red Goat, Kaladi Cafe Blend, French Roast, Big Wild Life, Italian Blend, Midnight Moon Blend) and single-origin offerings (Colombia, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Tanzania, Sumatra, Mexico, Kona). The company offers specialty formats including K-Cups, Adventure Packs (single-serve portable pouches), and decaf options. Home barista equipment includes AeroPress, Chemex, MiiR products, Baratza grinders, and Lelit espresso machines ranging from entry-level to professional. Commercial partners access Nuova Simonelli, La Marzocco, Mazzer, Fetco, Franke, and Eversys equipment. A collaboration sub-brand with Salmon Sisters and MiiR (Mug Up Collection) extends into apparel and drinkware. The company runs Barista Academy for online espresso education and Catalyst for Community for charitable giving programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Trieste Cafe A dark, robust espresso blend inspired by Illy Caffè from Trieste, Italy, featuring notes of toffee, dark chocolate, and toasted almond with high body and low acidity; sold in 1lb and 5lb bags.
• Red Goat

Quantifiable outcome

• 13 cafe locations plus partner cafes statewide all served by single roastery

Named customers2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Salmon SisterscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Mug Up Collection featuring coffee products and branded merchandise including drinkware, apparel, and accessories celebrating Alaska's seafood industry and coastal communities.
• MiiRcoreTechnology or IntegrationCo-branded product line including travel mugs, camp cups, tumblers, water bottles, French presses, pour-over kettles, and coffee scales sold through Kaladi cafes and e-commerce.
• 1883 Maison RoutinminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration producing Kaladi Syrup, a signature coffee syrup flavor made in partnership with French syrup manufacturer 1883 Maison Routin.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Strengths4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/kaladibrothers
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kaladi-brothers-coffee

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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