Ipsento Coffee Company

What Ipsento Coffee Company does

Ipsento Coffee Company is a privately held specialty coffee roaster and café operator doing business as Ipsento 606, founded in Chicago in 2006. The company operates a single flagship café at 1813 North Milwaukee Avenue on the 606 trail in Bucktown, where it hand-roasts coffee in small batches in-house and serves an espresso-forward menu including the proprietary Ipsento Latte (coconut cream, honey and cayenne), Bucktown Brew 606 single-origin whole bean coffee, nitro cold brew and other draft beverages on tap, alongside a full breakfast and lunch kitchen (sandwiches, paninis, pastries, salads, affogato, and soft serve ice cream). Customer segments are predominantly local neighborhood residents and 606 trail users in Bucktown, Wicker Park, Logan Square and surrounding Chicago neighborhoods, supplemented by catering clients and a smaller base of office/home coffee subscription and wholesale customers.

The business derives revenue from four streams: in-café food and beverage sales (dine-in, takeout, and delivery through the website and a dedicated iOS/Android app with a rewards program), catering for meetings and events, a recurring coffee subscription and wholesale program delivering small-batch beans to homes and offices, and gift card sales. Pricing is unit-based and publicly disclosed, ranging from $2.30 for drip coffee to $7.90 for seasonal specialty drinks, with food items up to $11.75 and a 12oz whole bean bag at $23. Distribution is direct-to-consumer through the physical café, the company's own e-commerce storefront (Shopify), the mobile app, and direct sales for catering and subscription. Tom Harter Sr. is listed as Chairman.

Ipsento is independently and likely founder-owned with no disclosed parent company, institutional investors, or funding rounds. The operating geography is a single neighborhood-level retail footprint in Chicago with no evidence of multi-unit expansion, M&A activity, or capital-raising events in the available data.

Name

Ipsento Coffee Company

Legal name

Ipsento Coffee Company

Website

https://ipsento.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ipsento Coffee Company is a privately held specialty coffee roaster and single-location café (Ipsento 606) on Chicago's 606 trail in Bucktown, serving hand-roasted espresso drinks, draft and nitro cold brew, a breakfast/lunch kitchen, subscription beans, and catering to neighborhood residents, trail users, and small office clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Coffee Café and Roastery

NAICS

Coffee and Tea Manufacturing (311920), Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars (722515)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Retail-Eating Places (5812), Beverages (2080)

akta.pro primary industry

Coffee Roasters with Cafe (Roastery Cafes) (THAFADAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Specialty Coffee Shops (Single-Origin, Third-Wave) (THAFADAA), Specialty Coffee & Tea Retail (Beans, Leaves, Accessories) (CRAHAGAI), RTD Coffee Production (Non-Dairy/Non-Alcoholic) (AFAFABAE), Cafe-Bakeries (Coffee + Pastry Focus) (THAFADAG)

Keywords

• Specialty coffee roaster
• Craft coffee café
• Coffee subscription service
• Café catering services
• Small-batch espresso bar

Headquarters

HQ city

Milwaukee

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. In-café food and beverage sales: Direct retail sales of hand-roasted coffee drinks, specialty lattes, teas, food items (breakfast sandwiches, paninis, pastries, ice cream) at single Chicago location. Covers dine-in, takeout, and delivery orders.
2. Coffee subscription and wholesale: Monthly subscription service delivering small-batch coffee beans to homes and offices. Volumes offered from under 10 lbs to over 50 lbs monthly. Includes retail whole bean sales.
3. Catering services: Event catering including boxed coffee, donuts, and sandwiches for meetings, celebrations, and corporate events. Catering minimums based on guest count.
4. Gift cards: Gift cards sold in denominations of $10, $25, $50, $75, $100 or custom amounts, redeemable both in-café and online.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Ipsento Coffee Company operates a single flagship café and roaster at 1813 N Milwaukee Avenue in Bucktown, Chicago, where it roasts small-batch coffee in-house and serves hand-crafted espresso drinks, signature specialty lattes, teas, nitro cold brew, breakfast and lunch food, ice cream, and grab-and-go canned coffee. Beyond in-café sales, it offers coffee subscriptions and wholesale delivery to homes and offices, catering for events, gift cards, and online ordering through a mobile app with a rewards program.

Product overview

Ipsento 606 is a specialty coffee café and roaster offering hand-roasted, small-batch coffee as its core product. The product portfolio centers on the café experience with signature espresso drinks (including the Ipsento Latte with coconut cream, honey & cayenne), draft coffee on tap (Nitro, Oat Milk Draft Latte), and whole bean retail coffee including the signature Bucktown Brew 606 from Ethiopia. Complementing the core coffee offerings are breakfast and lunch food items (sandwiches, paninis, pastries), ice cream (Affogato, Soft Serve), canned cold brew, catering services, a subscription/wholesale program for home and business, gift cards, and a mobile app with online ordering and rewards. The business operates as a single-location café in Bucktown, Chicago, with all roasting done in-house.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hand-Roasted Coffee & Espresso Drinks Small-batch, hand-roasted coffee featuring signature espresso-based drinks including the Ipsento Latte (coconut cream, honey & cayenne), lattes, cortados, matcha, and seasonal specialty beverages served in the Bucktown café.
• Whole Bean Coffee (Bucktown Brew 606) Retail whole bean coffee sold in 12oz bags, including the signature Bucktown Brew 606 from Ethiopia's Guji region (Kayon Mountain Farm) with tasting notes of fresh pear, lime, jasmine, and caramel, available for home brewing.
• Canned Cold Brew Coffee Grab-and-go cold brew and ready-to-drink coffee roasted in-house, packaged for retail takeaway.
• Nitro Cold Brew on Tap Nitrogen-infused cold brew poured straight from the tap, featuring a cascading pour, frothy body, and naturally sweet flavor, served cold at the café.
• Draft Coffee Beverages (Black and Tan, Oat Milk Draft Latte) Draft beverages including Black and Tan (half Nitro, half Draft Latte), Nitro cold brew, and Oat Milk Draft Latte served from tap at the café.
• Breakfast & Lunch Food Menu Full breakfast and lunch menu including breakfast sandwiches, paninis, deli sandwiches, salads, pastries, yogurt parfaits, and soft serve ice cream, served all day.
• Affogato & Soft Serve Ice Cream Affogato (ice cream with espresso shot) and soft serve ice cream including vegan and seasonal flavors, served as a dessert offering at the café.
• Catering Services Event catering including boxed coffee, donuts, and sandwiches for meetings, celebrations, and creative events, with catering minimums based on guest count.
• Coffee Subscription & Wholesale Program Subscription and wholesale program delivering small-batch roasted coffee beans monthly to homes and offices, with volume tiers ranging from under 10 lbs to over 50 lbs per month.
• Gift Cards Digital and physical gift cards available in denominations of $10, $25, $50, $75, $100 or custom amounts, redeemable in-café and online for any product or service.
• Group Reservations Space reservations at the café for events, meetings, or celebrations suitable for groups of various sizes.
• Mobile App & Online Ordering with Rewards Mobile ordering app for iOS/Android with order-ahead and skip-the-line functionality, integrated rewards points earned on every online order redeemable for free drinks, and notifications about new seasonal drinks and deals.

Quantifiable outcome

• 4.8-star average rating from customers, described as 'local favorite' in Bucktown

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Intelligentsia Coffee: Chicago-based third-wave coffee roaster and cafe operator. Direct peer to Ipsento given overlapping focus on specialty single-origin coffee, in-house roasting, and a cafe-driven retail model in the same Chicago market.
• Metropolis Coffee Company: Chicago-based specialty roaster serving cafes, wholesale, and subscription customers. Closely comparable to Ipsento on small-batch roasting, B2B/wholesale distribution, and Chicago market presence.
• Sparrow Coffee: Chicago specialty roaster with a small cafe footprint. Direct peer to Ipsento on craft-roaster identity, single-location cafe model, and Chicago neighborhood coverage.
• Dark Matter Coffee: Chicago third-wave roaster with flagship cafes and retail distribution. Comparable to Ipsento in craft-roaster identity, signature products, and Chicago neighborhood-anchor cafe strategy.
• Passion House Coffee: Chicago craft roaster with a neighborhood cafe and subscription/wholesale programs. Direct peer to Ipsento in positioning, scale, and product range.
• Bow Truss Coffee Roasters: Chicago-based third-wave roaster and cafe operator. Comparable to Ipsento in small-batch roasting, neighborhood cafe format, and Chicago urban-coffee market.

Broad incumbents

• Stumptown Coffee Roasters: Multi-city third-wave roaster with cafes, wholesale, and DTC. Comparable to Ipsento on small-batch craft positioning and direct-trade sourcing, but operating at a much larger, multi-location scale.
• La Colombe Coffee Roasters: Established specialty roaster operating cafes, wholesale, and DTC. Comparable to Ipsento in product portfolio (draft coffee, RTD, beans) but at materially larger scale and broader geographic footprint.
• Blue Bottle Coffee: Large specialty coffee operator with cafes, subscription, and packaged retail. Comparable to Ipsento in craft-coffee positioning and single-origin focus, but as a significantly larger, multi-city incumbent.

Regional players

• Colectivo Coffee: Midwest specialty roaster and cafe operator (Wisconsin-based). Comparable to Ipsento on small-batch roasting and cafe model, but serves a different regional market with a multi-location footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/ipsento
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• Facebookfacebook.com/ipsento
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ipsento

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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