QUALITY ASSURED
Coffee Planet ensure they know where their 100% Arabica beans come from, by travelling the world to visit the best coffee farms. As a result of this, they have established strong relationships with farmers and producers in over 20 countries in Africa, Indonesia, India and Central and South America.
To guarantee the quality, a fair price and to ensure they know everything there is to know about their beans from crop-to-cup, they only buy direct from the source. Coffee Planet roast the Arabica speciality-graded beans (they are the ones that grow over 1,700m above sea level) to order and pack immediately to lock in flavour and freshness.
In 2015, Coffee Planet were ranked 20th amongst Dubai’s 100 top performing SME’s, by the agency of the Department of Economic Development (DED). They also achieved UAE Superbrand status in 2015, 2016 and 2017, marking a real milestone achievement.
The Dubai roastery is ‘UTZ-certified’, the world’s largest independent not-for-profit organisation for coffee, established to help farmers grow better crops, generate more income and create better opportunities, as well as safeguarding and securing the earth’s natural resources.
Coffee Planet is the first coffee company in the region to become ‘BRC certified’. The BRC Global Standard for Food Safety is a product and process certification standard known for compliance to industry best practices.
2005
The local coffee-landscape in the UAE was very different when Coffee Planet first started the coffee venture. The goal was to help people experience the finest global Arabica coffee.
Coffee Planet launched on the Arabian Peninsula where much of Arabica coffee roasting had been part of its history and culture for over 500 years.
They first wanted to improve the quality of coffee sold on-the-go in highway convenience stores. Hence, they signed their first partnership with two major blue-chip fuel companies in the UAE to serve their own modern approach of freshly roasted, 100% coffee with fresh milk.
2007
Coffee Planet expanded to offer a complete coffee solution to leading five-star hotels, catering companies, airlines and offices.
In 2008, they opened their new roastery in Dubai, which meant they had total contol of roasting their specialty coffee blends and single origin coffees.
They then expanded into retail across the UAE and wider GCC region, selling coffee in supermarkets and specialist food stores.
2009
Coffee Planet launched their first franchised café concept in the UAE, while 2011 was their global expansion of franchised cafés into other international markets.
2016 and beyond
Coffee Planet is now a multi-million dollar success story through our own brand and via roasting private label coffee for leading companies across the globe.