Te & Kaffi

What Te & Kaffi does

Te & Kaffi is an Icelandic specialty retailer of coffee, loose tea, coffee machines, and related products, headquartered in Hafnarfjörður and operated under the website teogkaffi.is. The company was founded in 1984 and operates as a private, for-profit business with 51-100 employees, indicating a small-to-mid-sized niche operator by Icelandic retail standards. Its functional scope spans both beverage products (coffee and loose tea) and the equipment required to prepare them, which implies a vertically integrated merchant role spanning grocery-style consumables and durable equipment sales.

Based on the available evidence, Te & Kaffi's business model is a traditional specialty retail and e-commerce operation. It sells physical goods — coffee, tea, and machines — to Icelandic consumers, and presumably also to local hospitality and office clients (horeca/B2B), although the input does not segment revenue or customer mix. Pricing model, distribution channels, supplier relationships, ownership structure, and management team are all unstated in the source material, and so cannot be characterized beyond the general description of a multi-channel specialty beverage retailer.

The data set is sparse: there are no disclosed financials, no funding history, no management team disclosures, no product-level detail beyond the category names, no partnership or alliance data, no awards, patents, or compliance certifications, and no indication of expansion plans, technology stack, or AI/ML capability. As a result, any deeper claims about platform architecture, GTM motion, customer concentration, or strategic direction cannot be grounded in the input and are omitted from this description.

Name

Te & Kaffi

Legal name

Te & Kaffi

Website

https://teogkaffi.is

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Te & Kaffi is an Icelandic specialty retailer founded in 1984 that sells coffee, loose tea, coffee machines, and related products to Icelandic consumers through its teogkaffi.is website and physical presence from Hafnarfjörður.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Coffee & Tea Retail

NAICS

Beverage Manufacturing (3121)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Specialty Coffee & Tea Retail (Beans, Leaves, Accessories) (CRAHAGAI)

Keywords

• Specialty coffee
• Loose leaf tea
• Coffee machines
• Beverage retail
• Coffee and tea products

Headquarters

HQ city

Hafnarfjörður

HQ country

Iceland

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Te & Kaffi sells coffee, loose tea, coffee machines, and related beverage products. The company supports its offerings through its website (teogkaffi.is) and is based in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland.

Product overview

No product information available from the source content.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Coffee products Coffee products offered by Te & Kaffi for consumers and businesses, sold through the company's website (teogkaffi.is).
• Loose tea Loose-leaf tea offered by Te & Kaffi for individual consumers and businesses, sold through the company's website (teogkaffi.is).
• Coffee machines Coffee machines offered by Te & Kaffi for home and business use, sold through the company's website (teogkaffi.is).
• Related coffee and tea accessories Additional coffee and tea related products and accessories offered by Te & Kaffi, sold through the company's website (teogkaffi.is).

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• T2 Tea: Specialty tea retailer selling loose leaf tea, tea accessories, and tea equipment through stores and online. Closely mirrors Te & Kaffi's loose-tea-plus-accessories retail proposition in a more developed digital and store-format context.
• Teavana: Specialty loose-leaf tea and tea accessory retailer. Directly comparable to Te & Kaffi's loose tea and accessories offering, with similar premium positioning and retail-channel mix.
• Peet's Coffee: Specialty coffee roaster and café operator selling coffee, tea, and brewing equipment. Closely comparable business model to Te & Kaffi's combination of café, packaged coffee/tea, and equipment retail.
• Stumptown Coffee: Specialty coffee roaster and café chain selling whole bean coffee and equipment to consumers and wholesale. Comparable to Te & Kaffi's specialty positioning, with similar focus on quality and a multi-channel retail approach.
• Blue Bottle Coffee: Specialty coffee roaster and café chain with a strong DTC and subscription business. Comparable to Te & Kaffi in premium specialty positioning and café-plus-retail model, with a much more developed digital layer.
• Kaffitár: Icelandic coffee shop and coffee roasting chain, headquartered in Reykjavík. Direct competitor to Te & Kaffi in the Icelandic specialty coffee market, operating cafés and selling coffee products under its own brand.

Broad incumbents

• Starbucks: Global coffee chain operating cafés and selling packaged coffee, tea, and equipment. Overlaps with Te & Kaffi in coffee shop operations, coffee/tea retail, and machine sales, but at vastly larger scale and broader product mix.
• Nespresso: Global premium coffee machine and capsule brand. Comparable to Te & Kaffi's coffee machine retail business and premium coffee positioning, but operating globally and with a vertically integrated machine/consumable ecosystem.
• Twinings: Global tea brand offering loose leaf and bagged teas, plus tea-related accessories. Directly comparable to Te & Kaffi's loose tea retail line, though operating at global scale under a parent brand.
• Lavazza: Italian coffee manufacturer and retailer offering whole bean, ground coffee, and machines. Overlaps with Te & Kaffi's coffee and machine offering, but at international scale with deep foodservice distribution.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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