La Colombe Coffee Roasters

La Colombe Coffee Roasters
Private
Industry Coffee
Founded 1994
Founder JP Iberti
Todd Carmichael
Headquarters Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Key people
 Hamdi Ulukaya, majority owner
Products Coffee
Website www.lacolombe.com

La Colombe Coffee Roasters (originally La Colombe Torrefaction) is a US coffee roaster and retailer headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The company currently has cafés in Philadelphia, New York, Washington, Boston, and Chicago.[1][2][3] La Colombe is representative of roasters that originated in the third wave of coffee.

History

La Colombe was founded by Todd Carmichael and JP Iberti in 1994, with its first location near Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia. The company operated independently until 2015, at which point Chobani founder Hamdi Ulukaya purchased a majority share of the company.[4] Ulukaya bought out private equity firm Goode Partners to gain his stake, and helped the company raise $28.5 million to help fund plans for expansion.[5][6]

Colombe was one of several other small-scale coffee roasters that either received large investments or were acquired outright in 2015.[7] The company is planning a large expansion in 2016.[8] The company will open new cafes in cities with existing locations, such as Washington, D.C., as well as in new cities, including Boston, Miami Beach, and Los Angeles, with the goal of approximately one hundred locations nationwide within the next three to four years.[9][10][11]

Products and collaborations

The company began offering a draft latte in a can in 2016; the beverages are available for purchase at retailers in Philadelphia, at Colombe outlets throughout the United States, and at Whole Foods stores.[12][13] The cans for the latte were designed by Colombe CEO Todd Carmichael, and will be produced by Philadelphia-based Crown Holdings.[14]

La Colombe collaborated with Yards Brewing Company, another Philadelphia-area company, in 2016 to produce a coffee stout to be served in local Shake Shack branches.[15]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Wilder, Charlotte (4 February 2016). "This artisanal chain of coffee roasters will open a Boston location in the spring". Boston.com. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  2. ↑ Hatic, Dana (2 February 2016). "La Colombe Locks Down Boston Location". Eater. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  3. ↑ LaBan, Craig (3 December 2014). "Creative cafes pour it on in Philadelphia's new coffee wave". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  4. ↑ Szkaradnik, Carly (10 August 2015). "La Colombe Coffee Ropes In Chobani's Founder as Sole Investor". Eater (Vox Media). Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  5. ↑ Strom, Stephanie (9 August 2015). "Chobani's Founder Sees Opportunity in a Coffee Insurgent". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Tanenbaum, Michael (20 February 2016). "La Colombe headed to Boston, launching canned Draft Latte". Philly Voice. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  7. ↑ Rainey, Clint (7 January 2015). "Small Coffee Goes Venti". Bloomberg. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  8. ↑ Hilario, Kenneth (25 September 2015). "Philadelphia's La Colombe expanding to new states". Philadelphia Business Journal. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  9. ↑ Elliott, Fairley (16 February 2016). "La Colombe Plots Massive LA Coffee Expansion With at Least Two New Locations". Eater. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  10. ↑ Hatic, Dana (28 September 2015). "Philadelphia-Based Coffee Chain La Colombe to Open Boston Location". Eater (Vox Media). Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  11. ↑ Tishgart, Sierra (12 August 2015). "Can Chobani's Founder Help La Colombe Become the Next Coffee Megachain?". Grub Street. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  12. ↑ Schulte, Erin (22 February 2016). "The Aha Moments Behind La Colombe's Latte Innovation". Fast Company. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  13. ↑ Amorosi, A. D. (10 March 2016). "Coffee in a can". Metro. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  14. ↑ Torres, Rob (22 February 2016). "The science behind La Colombe's new draft latte in a can". Technical.ly Philly. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  15. ↑ LaBan, Craig (7 January 2016). "Shake Shack, La Colombe and Yards collaborate on a fundraiser coffee stout". Philly.com. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
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