Dose Coffee
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2009
- HeadquartersRed Deer, Canada
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B and B2C
- OfferingServices
Dose Coffee firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Dose Coffee
- Legal name
- Dose Coffee
- Website
- https://dosecoffeeco.ca
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2009
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Dose Coffee industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Specialty Coffee Roastery & Cafe
- NAICS
- Coffee and Tea Manufacturing (311920)
- SIC
- Beverages (2080)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Coffee Roasters with Cafe (Roastery Cafes) (THAFADAE)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Coffee Roasting & Grinding (AFAFADAB), Specialty Coffee & Tea (Single-Origin, Micro-lot, Premium) Processing (AFAFADAJ)
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Where Dose Coffee is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Red Deer
- HQ country
- Canada
- HQ region
- North America
Offices2 records
Markets served
Dose Coffee business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B and B2C
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Retail Café Sales: Direct sales to consumers through company-owned café locations including Capstone Cafe, offering espresso drinks, pour-overs, lattes, and other beverages.
- Wholesale Coffee & Supplies: Sells freshly roasted coffee, syrups, teas, and cold brews to like-minded cafés and retailers. Provides training and support as part of the partnership.
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels2 records
Marketing channels2 records
Dose Coffee product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Dose Coffee is a specialty coffee roaster and café operator that ethically sources green coffee from global producers and roasts it in small batches on a Toper TKMSX-5E roaster at its Red Deer, Alberta roastery. It sells freshly roasted coffee wholesale to partner cafés and retailers (with training and support), operates the Capstone Cafe retail location serving espresso, pour-overs, and lattes, and produces proprietary syrups, teas, and cold brews sold alongside its coffee.
Product overview
Dose Coffee is a specialty coffee company offering a portfolio of products centered on ethically sourced, small-batch roasted coffee. The core offering consists of wholesale coffee (freshly roasted for cafés and retailers) and in-house prepared beverages including espresso, pour-over, lattes, syrups, teas, and cold brews. Products are produced at the Dose Coffee Roastery using a Toper TKMSX-5E roaster. The company operates the Capstone Cafe retail location and serves wholesale partners through collaborative relationships that include training and operational support.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Capstone Cafe Company-owned retail café in Red Deer, Alberta (5589 47 St #103) where consumers can purchase specialty coffee beverages including espresso, pour-overs, and lattes, prepared with care in a setting near local trails and the river. Open Mon-Sat 9:00 am - 4:00 pm and Sunday 10:00 am - 4:00 pm.
- Wholesale Coffee Program Freshly roasted coffee sold wholesale to like-minded cafés and retailers, including those opening a café, upgrading a coffee program, or curating a retail shelf with quality craft coffee. The offering includes training, support, and shared product knowledge from the Dose Coffee team.
- Syrups, Teas, and Cold Brews Proprietary syrups, teas, and cold brews produced at the Dose Coffee Roastery and made available alongside wholesale coffee for partner cafés and retailers.
Companies that use Dose Coffee
Customer profileSegments2 records
Ideal customer profiles2 records
Dose Coffee technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature1 record
Dose Coffee partnerships and signals
Strategic signalScale indicators1 record
Recent moves5 records
Dose Coffee competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Rosso Coffee Roasters: Calgary-based specialty roaster and café operator with its own roastery, multiple café locations, and a wholesale program. Comparable in combining small-batch roasting, retail café experience, and B2B wholesale in Alberta — the closest direct geography-overlapping competitor to Dose.
- Transcend Coffee: Edmonton-based specialty coffee roaster with roastery, café, and wholesale operations. Very similar operating model to Dose Coffee — small-batch roasting on premium equipment, retail café, and partnership-driven B2B distribution across Alberta.
- Java Roasters: Edmonton-based specialty coffee roaster offering small-batch roasted coffee to cafés, restaurants, and retailers across Alberta. Comparable as another Alberta-headquartered wholesale-focused specialty roaster with similar scale.
- Fratello Coffee Roasters: Edmonton-originated specialty roaster with cafés, wholesale distribution, and private-label coffee across Canada. Comparable as an Alberta-rooted roaster that scaled from a single roastery into a multi-channel wholesale business.
- Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters: Calgary-based specialty coffee roaster that operates a roastery, multiple cafés, and a wholesale program across Canada. Highly comparable as a Western Canadian specialty roaster offering small-batch roasted coffee, retail locations, training, and wholesale partnerships — directly mirroring Dose Coffee's operating model.
- Bump Coffee: Calgary-based specialty roaster operating roastery and wholesale café partnerships with a focus on craft coffee. Comparable in operating model — small-batch roastery serving wholesale cafés and retailers in Western Canada.
- Monigram Coffee Roasters: Canadian specialty roaster with café(s), roastery, and a B2B wholesale program serving cafés, hotels, and restaurants. Comparable multi-channel specialty coffee business model to Dose Coffee.
Broad incumbents
- Blue Bottle Coffee: Major specialty coffee roaster and café operator with café retail plus wholesale across North America. Comparable in combining small-batch roasting, premium café retail, and B2B wholesale — the broad incumbent that defines the craft-anchored specialty category Dose Coffee operates in.
- Intelligentsia Coffee: Large US-based specialty coffee roaster known for direct-trade sourcing and wholesale partnerships with high-end cafés. Comparable as a craft-positioned roaster with a training-and-support wholesale model, albeit at much larger scale and broader geographic reach.
Regional players
- Anchor Coffee Roasters: Vancouver-based specialty roaster with cafés and wholesale across British Columbia. Comparable operating model — craft roasting plus café/retail — but serves a different Western Canadian geography.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat3 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
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Dose Coffee leadership team
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Dose Coffee funding detail
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Funding rounds
Investors
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Dose Coffee M&A and investment
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Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Dose Coffee
What does Dose Coffee do?
Dose Coffee is a specialty coffee roaster and café operator that ethically sources green coffee from global producers and roasts it in small batches on a Toper TKMSX-5E roaster at its Red Deer, Alberta roastery. It sells freshly roasted coffee wholesale to partner cafés and retailers (with training and support), operates the Capstone Cafe retail location serving espresso, pour-overs, and lattes, and produces proprietary syrups, teas, and cold brews sold alongside its coffee.
When was Dose Coffee founded?
Dose Coffee was founded in 2009. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Dose Coffee based?
Dose Coffee is headquartered in Red Deer, Canada, in the North America region.
How does Dose Coffee make money?
Two revenue lines are on record. Retail Café Sales are the primary driver. The others are wholesale Coffee & Supplies.
Who are Dose Coffee's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Rosso Coffee Roasters, Transcend Coffee, Java Roasters, Fratello Coffee Roasters, Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters, Bump Coffee and Monigram Coffee Roasters. Broad incumbents are Blue Bottle Coffee and Intelligentsia Coffee. Anchor Coffee Roasters is listed as a regional player.
Does Dose Coffee have an API?
No public API is recorded for Dose Coffee.
What industry is Dose Coffee in?
Dose Coffee's product category is Specialty Coffee Roastery & Cafe. Its primary akta.pro industry code is THAFADAE, Coffee Roasters with Cafe (Roastery Cafes), with a secondary code of AFAFADAB, Coffee Roasting & Grinding. Its NAICS code is 311920 and its SIC code is 2080.