La Colombe Coffee Roasters
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| Industry | Coffee |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Founder | JP Iberti Todd Carmichael |
| Headquarters | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Key people
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Hamdi Ulukaya, majority owner |
| Products | Coffee |
| Website | www |
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 received large investments or were acquired 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 Shake Shack local branches.[15]
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