CAFEA – Combined Expertise in Coffee and Instant Beverage Specialties

The CAFEA Group is an internationally active, family-run network of specialized manufacturing and distribution companies. We develop, produce, and distribute high-quality product solutions for retail companies, brand owners, and industry partners: ranging from instant and roasted coffee to liquid coffee extracts and instant beverages based on coffee, cocoa, grains, or milk, all the way to infant formula and dietary beverages and nutritional supplements. In doing so, we combine many years of experience, diverse technologies, and in-depth market knowledge with reliable quality and the expertise of the appropriate specialist within our group.

Stronger Together – The CAFEA Group

Our production and sales companies, which operate internationally, pool their specialized expertise in coffee and instant beverage specialties.

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The CAFEA Group delivers great flavour in all its forms. As well as instant coffee, our production plants produce liquid coffees, roast coffee, milky coffee drinks in capsules for the most common systems, and other hot drinks such as drinking chocolate and grain coffee. Infant formula and nutrition drinks and supplements complete our range.

All CAFEA Group companies embody the same three values: tradition, experience and high quality.

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Visit us at Saudi Food in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)
27. - 29. September 2026, Jeddah Superdome, German Pavillon
Deutsche Extrakt Kaffee GmbH is exhibiting on behalf of the CAFEA Group at Saudi Food.
  Food Exhibition | The Saudi Food Show 2026
Come and visit us at SIAL, Paris
17. - 21. October 2026
GRANA sp. z o.o. is exhibiting on behalf of the CAFEA Group at SIAL.
  https://www.sialparis.com/
Come and visit us at PLMA, Chicago
15. - 17. November 2026, North Hall, Booth No. F900
Fine Foods International (New York) is exhibiting on behalf of the CAFEA Group at PLMA Chicago.
  www.plmainternational.com
Come and visit us at Food Ingredients Europe, Frankfurt
17. - 19. November 2026, Hall 3.1, Booth No. #A81
Deutsche Extrakt Kaffee GmbH is exhibiting at Food Ingredients Europe on behalf of the CAFEA Group. https://www.figlobal.com/fieurope/en/home.html
Come and visit us at Gulfood in Dubai
15. - 19. March 2027, DWTC Za'abeel
Deutsche Extrakt Kaffee GmbH is exhibiting at Gulfood on behalf of the CAFEA Group. 
  https://www.gulfood.com/
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> 1,500
EMPLOYEES

Over 1,500 employees in total work for CAFEA Group companies. We have their commitment and loyalty to thank for our business success. That's why it’s very important to us that all of our employees enjoy the right working conditions to suit them.

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OUR STORY BEGINS

In 1896, Johann Dietrich Rothfos, owner of the ‘Im Grünen Tal’ garden café and general store in St. Magnus, near Bremen, started selling his green coffee beans for customers to roast at home themselves in a pan.

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PRODUCTION PLANTS

Our products are produced in seven of our own plants. Each plant uses state-of-the-art facilities and processes. When it comes down to it, quality is our top priority. We monitor this in every single step of the production process.

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