What Riccos Kaffe does

Riccos Kaffe is a Danish specialty coffee company founded in 1997 that operates an 11+ location retail coffee bar network concentrated in Copenhagen, with additional sites on DTU university campuses and a seasonal location on the island of Anholt. The company sells single-origin coffees — Costa Rica Tarrazu, Ethiopia Yirgacheffe, and Guatemala Antigua — alongside a signature Dolce Blend, all roasted in-house on a weekly cadence. Beyond the bar network, the company sits on a partial single-origin supply chain through its co-operation on El OLMO, a sustainable coffee farm in Mexico operated with restaurant group Cofoco Food, giving it a degree of vertical integration into green coffee sourcing.

The business model is direct-to-consumer retail: customers purchase beverages and beans at the bar, with no online ordering or delivery infrastructure. Pricing is shaped by a sustainability-led beverage policy — a 4 kr surcharge for take-away without a reusable cup and a 2 kr discount for customers bringing their own — that was implemented in 2020 and effectively eliminated disposable cups. The company supports a reforestation program with over 100,000 trees planted and a stated target of 300,000 by 2021, positioning the brand around ethical sourcing and sustainability as a core commercial lever rather than a marketing afterthought.

Riccos Kaffe is privately held and founder-owned, registered in Denmark (CVR 38310976), with a 33-person team supporting both bar operations and in-house roasting. The combination of multi-site retail, in-house roasting, and direct farm co-operation is a deliberately vertically integrated configuration for a small-cap specialty coffee operator, but the absence of any digital or delivery channel, combined with the lack of disclosed revenue scale, caps the addressable footprint within physical Copenhagen-area retail.

Name

Riccos Kaffe

Legal name

Riccos Kaffe

Website

https://riccos.dk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Riccos Kaffe is a Danish specialty coffee company founded in 1997 that operates 11+ coffee bars across Copenhagen, DTU campuses, and a seasonal Anholt location, selling single-origin coffees and blends roasted in-house to walk-in retail customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Coffee Retail

NAICS

Coffee and Tea Manufacturing (311920), Beverage Manufacturing (3121)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Bakery Products (2050)

akta.pro primary industry

Coffee Roasters with Cafe (Roastery Cafes) (THAFADAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Specialty Coffee Shops (Single-Origin, Third-Wave) (THAFADAA), Coffee (Roasted, Ground, Whole Bean) (CRADAHAG)

Keywords

• Specialty coffee retail
• Artisan coffee roasting
• Coffee bar services
• Sustainable coffee sourcing
• Direct trade coffee

Headquarters

HQ city

Kastrup

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Coffee Bar Retail Sales: Revenue generated from direct sales of coffee and beverages at owned coffee bar locations across Copenhagen and DTU campuses in Denmark.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Riccos Kaffe operates a chain of 11+ company-owned coffee bars across Copenhagen neighborhoods and DTU campuses in Denmark, serving coffee roasted weekly on premises by the founder Ricco. The company offers single-origin coffees (Costa Rica Tarrazu, Ethiopia Yirgacheffe, Guatemala Antigua) and signature blends (Dolce, White Magic, Bitches Brew, Orangutang, Black Death) prepared using wet-process methods. In partnership with Cofoco Food, Riccos operates the El OLMO sustainable coffee farm in Mexico, with over 100,000 trees planted to date.

Product overview

Riccos Kaffe is a Danish coffee company operating a chain of physical coffee bars across Copenhagen and Denmark. The company hand-roasts its own coffee beans weekly, offering single-origin coffees from Costa Rica (Tarrazu), Ethiopia (Yirgacheffe), and Guatemala (Antigua), as well as the proprietary Dolce Blend. The product portfolio centers on the Riccos Coffee Bar experience (Vesterbro, Nørrebro, Valby, Sydhavnen, Brønshøj, Indre By, and DTU locations) combined with the El OLMO sustainable coffee farm in Mexico. Signature roasts include White Magic, Bitches Brew, Orangutang, and Black Death.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• El OLMO: Sustainable coffee farm in Mexico operated in partnership with Cofoco Food, producing coffee with a positive environmental footprint.

Products and services

• Riccos Coffee Bars
• Riccos House Roasted Coffee Beans

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 100,000 trees planted through sustainability initiatives

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Cofoco FoodcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Riccos partnered with Cofoco Food on environmental sustainability initiatives including tree planting at El ELMO in Mexico. Together they have planted over 100,000 trees with a goal of 300,000 by 2021. They jointly operate the El OLMO sustainable coffee farm in Mexico, which produces coffee with a positive environmental footprint and has made them an international environmental pioneer. In 2020, they eliminated disposable cups together, implementing a 4 kr surcharge on disposable cups and 2 kr discount for reusable cups.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Joe & The Juice: Danish-founded global coffee and juice bar chain headquartered in Copenhagen. Peers directly with Riccos on the Copenhagen coffee bar scene, with overlapping target customer and in-store consumption model.
• Onfame (Bastard Coffee): Specialty Copenhagen coffee roaster and cafe. Comparable to Riccos as a Danish specialty roaster with own-brand cafe presence and single-origin sourcing.
• Coffee Collective: Danish specialty coffee roaster and cafe chain founded in Copenhagen in 2007. Direct competitor to Riccos in the Copenhagen specialty coffee bar market, with similar in-house roasting, single-origin focus, and multiple cafe locations.
• Espresso House: Scandinavian coffee bar chain (Sweden/Denmark) operating high-volume coffee bars. Comparable to Riccos as a multi-unit Scandinavian coffee bar operator with a focus on consistent in-store experience.
• Baresso Coffee: Danish coffee bar chain founded in 2000, operating locations across Denmark. Direct competitor to Riccos in the Danish coffee bar market with a similar in-house approach and target consumer.

Broad incumbents

• Lagkagehuset: Danish bakery-cafe chain with coffee bars across Copenhagen. Comparable in physical presence and coffee serving model, though Lagkagehuset's primary proposition is bakery rather than coffee.
• Starbucks Coffee Denmark: Global coffee chain with locations across Copenhagen. Operates broadly in the same foodservice category as Riccos but at vastly greater scale and with a fundamentally different positioning (mass market vs. specialty).

Regional players

• Prolog Coffee Bar: Niche Copenhagen specialty coffee bar operating in a similar space to Riccos. Comparable artisanal third-wave positioning but with a much smaller footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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