Un Amour de Café

What Un Amour de Café does

Un Amour de Café is a privately held French specialty coffee company headquartered in Saint-Priest, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, founded around 2006-2014 (sources conflict). The company operates a dual B2B/B2C model centered on artisanal roasting of fair trade coffee under the direction of a dedicated master roaster (caféologue), with Max Havelaar certification on select organic varieties sourced from Peru, Honduras, and Mexico. Its own-brand product line spans whole beans, ground coffee, and Nespresso/Senseo-compatible pods and capsules, complemented by a distributed portfolio of professional coffee machines (Jura, Nivona, VBM, Faema, La Cimbali, De'Longhi, Saeco, Santos, and others) priced from €457 to €14,840, plus teas, infusions, beverages, and accessories.

The company's revenue mechanics combine one-time product sales (coffee, machines, accessories) with recurring streams from B2B machine rentals, free machine placement contracts tied to consumables supply, and water fountain rentals. Enterprise services extend into business breakfast delivery, custom break-room furniture, and coffee ground recycling/valorization, primarily within the Lyon metropolitan area. For individual consumers, the company runs an e-commerce storefront offering 24-hour delivery across France. The business model is anchored in 'Commerce Solidaire' (solidarity trade), with a percentage of profits donated to humanitarian associations including Partenaires and the Fondation Jonathan.

The company is independently owned with no disclosed external investors, parent company, or institutional shareholders. It employs approximately 10 people and has no M&A activity, funding rounds, or leadership changes on record. Operational focus is regional (Lyon for B2B field services, France for B2C e-commerce), with no evidence of geographic expansion beyond these boundaries. Industry recognition includes a 'Company of the Month' feature by Cluster Bio Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Name

Un Amour de Café

Legal name

Un Amour de Café

Website

https://un-amour-de-cafe.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Un Amour de Café is a privately held French specialty coffee company in Lyon that roasts fair trade coffee under a master roaster, sells own-brand beans, pods, and professional machines via e-commerce, and provides B2B services including machine rental, free placement, and office break-room solutions across the Lyon region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Coffee Distribution

NAICS

Coffee and Tea Manufacturing (311920), Coffee and Tea Manufacturing (31192)

SIC

Beverages (2080)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Beverage Service (Coffee/Tea/Juice) & Refreshment Stations (HSACAGAJ)

Keywords

• Specialty coffee retail
• Fair trade coffee
• Office coffee machines
• Artisanal coffee roasting
• Professional coffee services

Headquarters

HQ city

Lyon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Product Sales - Coffee: Sale of coffee products including beans, ground coffee, pods/capsules compatible with Nespresso and Senseo, and bio/organic varieties. Products sourced from fair trade suppliers with Max Havelaar certification.
2. Professional Coffee Machine Sales: Sale of professional espresso machines, grain machines, filter machines, and pod machines. Products from brands including Jura, Nivona, VBM, Faema, La Cimbali, De'Longhi, Saeco, and their own private label.
3. Coffee Machine Rental: Rental of professional coffee machines and water fountains for businesses in the Lyon area. Includes maintenance and support services.
4. Free Machine Provision (B2B): Free deployment of coffee machines for businesses conditioned on purchasing consumables (coffee, accessories). Revenue generated through ongoing consumable sales rather than machine sales.
5. Accessories and Consumables: Sale of accessories including cups, sugars, stirrers, cleaning products, descaling agents, filters, and tea accessories. Also beverages including juices, water, and gourmet items like chocolates and cakes.
6. Enterprise Services: Services including business breakfast delivery, custom furniture for break rooms, coffee ground recycling/valorization, and free tasting sessions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Un Amour de Café is a French coffee company based in Saint-Priest (Lyon) that roasts and sells its own brand of artisanal, fair-trade certified coffee (whole beans, ground, pods, and Nespresso-compatible capsules), and distributes professional coffee machines from brands such as Jura, Nivona, VBM, Faema, La Cimbali, De'Longhi, Saeco, and Santos. For businesses in the Lyon area, the company provides coffee machine rental, free machine placement tied to consumable supply, water fountain rental, custom break-room furniture, business breakfast delivery, and coffee-ground recycling services.

Product overview

Un Amour de Café is a French coffee company based in Lyon (Rhône-Alpes) specializing in solidarity trade and fair trade coffee products. The company operates a B2B and B2C e-commerce platform offering its own brand of artisanally roasted coffees (whole beans, ground, and pods) alongside a diverse portfolio of complementary products and services. The core offering consists of Un Amour de Café branded coffees (Max Havelaar fair trade and organic certified), distributed professional coffee machine brands (Jura, Nivona, VBM, Faema, La Cimbali, Santos, De'Longhi, Saeco, Gaggia, Franke, WMF), teas and infusions (Pagès, Dammann Frères, Ahmad Tea), and beverages/accessories. For businesses, the company provides integrated services including professional machine rental, free machine placement, water fountain rental, custom break room furniture, business breakfast delivery, and coffee ground recycling programs. The product ecosystem also includes accessories (cups, sugars, barista tools, cleaning products) and sweet treats for office break rooms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Un Amour de Café Brand Coffees Own-brand roasted coffees sold in whole beans, ground, and soft pods compatible with Senseo machines. All products carry solidarity-trade and Max Havelaar fair-trade certification, with organic options available; roasted artisanally in the Rhône-Alpes region.
• Professional Coffee Machines Professional coffee machines sold for offices and businesses, including grain, filter, pod/capsule, and espresso machines. Brands distributed include Jura, Nivona, VBM, Faema, La Cimbali, De'Longhi, Saeco, Gaggia, Franke, WMF, Necta, Bianchi, Bravilor, and Santos.
• Coffee Pods and Capsules Compatible coffee pods and capsules for Nespresso, Senseo, and Espresso Point systems, including organic and Max Havelaar fair-trade certified varieties.
• Teas and Infusions Selection of teas, infusions, and herbal teas in bags, pods, and gift boxes, including AB & Ecocert organic certified options. Brands include Pagès, Dammann Frères, Ahmad Tea, and La Route des Comptoirs.
• Coffee Machine Rental Service Rental of professional coffee machines for businesses in the Lyon area, with optional free tasting sessions before installation and ongoing maintenance.
• Free Coffee Machine Placement Free deployment of coffee machines for businesses conditioned on ongoing purchase of consumables (coffee and accessories) from the company.
• Water Fountain Rental Rental of network-connected water fountains providing filtered and fresh drinking water for offices in the Lyon area.
• Business Breakfast Delivery

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Association PartenairescoreOthersUn Amour de Café partners with the humanitarian association 'Partenaires' by donating a percentage of their profit margin. The company participates in fundraising events including an annual evening (October 10, 2019) to support the association's humanitarian projects. The company also shares updates about association activities on their blog including projects in Myanmar, Bangladesh, and with the Jonathan Foundation.
• Max Havelaar FrancecoreOthersMax Havelaar France certifies Un Amour de Café's coffee products as fair trade, allowing the company to carry the Max Havelaar label on select products including bio varieties from Peru, Honduras, and Mexico. This certification ensures equitable trading conditions for coffee farmers.
• Cluster Bio Auvergne-Rhône-AlpesminorOthersUn Amour de Café was featured as 'Company of the Month' by the Cluster Bio Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, highlighting their sustainable and solidarity-focused business model in the bio coffee sector.
• Fondation JonathanminorOthersUn Amour de Café supports the Jonathan Foundation through solidarity activities. The company has participated in anniversary celebrations and updates followers about the foundation's 24 years of humanitarian actions, particularly supporting Catalina Aviles and projects for children.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Senseo (JDE / Philips): Major pod-based coffee brand whose compatible pods Senseo are an explicit SKU category for Un Amour de Café. Listed as an ecosystem reference rather than a direct competitor because the company sells compatible soft pods rather than competing head-to-head on the Senseo machine itself.

Broad incumbents

• Carte Noire: Iconic French coffee brand owned by Lavazza. Overlaps with Un Amour de Café across roasted coffee, capsules, and B2B coffee supply, but operates at broader scale with mass-market distribution and significantly larger marketing spend.
• Lavazza: Italian global coffee roaster with a substantial French footprint across retail, capsules, and professional/office channels. Comparable as a broader incumbent selling machines, capsules, and B2B coffee solutions across the same customer segments as Un Amour de Café.
• Nespresso (Nestlé): Global premium capsule coffee brand owned by Nestlé. Comparable to Un Amour de Café because Nespresso-compatible capsules are a core SKU in the company's product line, and Nespresso's B2B arm targets the same office and hospitality customers that Un Amour de Café serves in Lyon.

Direct peers

• Belco: French specialty coffee importer and roaster with a strong B2B wholesale focus. Comparable because it serves cafés, offices, and retailers with traceable, ethically sourced specialty coffee — overlapping directly with Un Amour de Café's enterprise coffee supply and roastery positioning.
• Lobodis: French coffee company specializing in organic and fair-trade coffee (beans, ground, capsules). A direct competitor in the same ethical/premium coffee niche, with overlapping B2B office supply and B2C distribution through similar retail and e-commerce channels.
• Le Café Legal (Legal): French family-owned coffee roaster with B2B office supply and retail distribution. Comparable to Un Amour de Café as a similarly sized independent French roaster competing in the same enterprise coffee services and specialty coffee retail segments.
• Cafés Richard: Long-established French coffee roaster serving B2B foodservice, hospitality, and retail channels. Comparable to Un Amour de Café as a multi-channel coffee brand with machine distribution, professional services, and a private-label roastery capable of supplying enterprise accounts.
• Malongo: French fair-trade and organic coffee roaster headquartered in the south of France. Comparable to Un Amour de Café because it competes in the same ethical/specialty coffee segment, supplies both B2B office accounts and B2C retail, and carries Max Havelaar-equivalent fair-trade certifications on a similar product range of beans, pods, and capsules.

Regional players

• Brûleries des Alpes / Brûleur de Café: Artisanal coffee roaster based in the Rhône-Alpes region. Comparable to Un Amour de Café as a Lyon-area specialty roaster with overlapping regional B2B and B2C distribution, machine sales, and premium artisanal positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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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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