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Accra · Ghana

Jamestown Coffee Company

Since 2018 · Kwasi Osei-Kusi

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Overview

Jamestown Coffee Company was founded in 2018 by Kwasi Osei-Kusi as a small-batch roastery in Accra that scaled from 200–300 kg in its first year to roughly five to six tonnes annually, sourcing single-origin beans from Kpedze in the Volta Region. Kwasi opened the company's open-roastery cafe in Nyaniba/Osu in 2020 and a second site in East Legon, and currently serves as president of the Coffee Roasters Association of Ghana.

Known for

  • Founded 2018 by Kwasi Osei-Kusi, building on his earlier UpCountry Coffee brand
  • Single-origin beans from Kpedze in the Volta Region
  • Open-roastery cafe in Nyaniba/Osu (2020) plus East Legon site
  • Founder Kwasi Osei-Kusi serves as president of the Coffee Roasters Association of Ghana
  • Bagged retail roasts sold in Shoprite, Marina and Melcom supermarkets nationally

Why it matters

Ghana is a cocoa nation where coffee culture had largely died out by the late 20th century, and Jamestown is the operation that anchored its return — building a roastery, two cafes and a supermarket retail presence in just over five years. It also matters because of who Kwasi Osei-Kusi is now beyond the cafe: as president of the Coffee Roasters Association of Ghana, he is the formal interface between the country's emerging specialty roasters and the policy frameworks that will decide how Ghanaian coffee scales.

Production

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roastery location
Osu, Accra
espresso equipment
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annual volume tonnes
5.5

Café

Nyaniba Estates, Osu, Accra

Recognitions

  • Founder Kwasi Osei-Kusi serves as president of the Coffee Roasters Association of Ghana

Sources

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