Specialty coffee roaster · 12+ locations · Aarhus, Copenhagen, NYC, Muscat, Bangkok
La Cabra is a Danish roaster whose founder keeps turning down acquisition offers. Twelve locations across three continents, all still owned by the man who started it in Aarhus.
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La Cabra is a founder-owned Danish roaster that grew to twelve locations on three continents without taking a single investment round — and Esben Piper has turned down the acquisition offers that growth attracted. No labor dispute has surfaced in litigation or enforcement records, in the US or Denmark. The sourcing story — Nordic light roasts, in-house roasting on two continents — is credible but unverified: no named farms, no certifications, no transparency report.
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