Keffa Coffee

an importer of specialty-grade Ethiopian coffee, joined TowsonGlobal in 2011. Within 1 year of joining the incubator, Keffa Coffee doubled its annual revenue to exceed $1.3 million in 2011. Over half a million pounds of green (unroasted) coffee beans are imported annually by Keffa Coffee from Ethiopa, owner Samuel Demisse’s native country. Annual sales now exceed $1.7 million, and 40,000 pounds of Ethiopian coffee are imported each month. Although Keffa Coffee graduated from the incubator in 2013, it remains headquartered in Towson, MD.