Café Continent

Overview

Café Continent is Côte d'Ivoire's first specialty coffee company, founded in Abidjan by Hadi Beydoun to introduce locally-grown specialty coffee to a market historically dominated by instant Nescafé and Nespresso capsules. The operation runs a roastery and consumer-facing coffee shops, and recently opened a new Robusta processing facility at 800m elevation in the country's western mountains as Ivorian fine-Robusta investment accelerates.

Known for

• Côte d'Ivoire first specialty coffee company
• Founded by Hadi Beydoun, Abidjan
• First Ivorian roaster sourcing locally-grown coffee at specialty scale
• Western-mountains Robusta processing facility (800m elevation)
• Private-label production and franchising programs

Why it matters

Côte d'Ivoire was once one of Africa's largest Robusta exporters but has had no specialty coffee culture domestically — most beans were exported green and roasted abroad. Café Continent's vertically-integrated model retains specialty value in-country, builds consumer education infrastructure (consumer education, traceability, processing-method differentiation), and positions Ivorian fine Robusta for the global premium-Robusta wave that Vietnam currently dominates.

Production

destoning

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head roaster

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color sorting

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roaster machine

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filter equipment

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cupping frequency

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roastery location

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

espresso equipment

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annual volume tonnes

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Café

This roaster operates a café.

Sources

• https://www.instagram.com/cafecontinent/
• https://perfectdailygrind.com/2026/01/specialty-coffee-culture-cote-divoire/
• https://perfectdailygrind.com/2022/07/guide-to-coffee-sector-in-cote-divoire/