ACR is not just a company. We focus our efforts in developing sustainability in the trade of coffee through caring for the environment and the people around us. African Coffee Roasters is a premium roaster that deals with wholesale coffee processing as well as being a white label coffee roaster. In 2015 Coop Denmark decided to build a coffee roasting facility in Kenya. The idea was to shorten the supply chain from coffee suppliers to coffee consumers. In January 2016, African Coffee Roasters EPZ Limited was born. It was decided that the roasting facility should reside in Athi River, 40 kilometers outside of Nairobi. Establishing the facility was no easy feat. First of all, we had to get all of our licenses in order before we were able to operate legally as a business. We also had to renovate our new office and factory buildings. The factory building then had to be fitted with state of the art machines before we were ready for production. In the beginning of August we had our first day of production. This led to the shipment of our first container on the 2nd of September. The coffee has now been on Coop Denmark’s shelves since October 2016 and are rapidly expanding our client base.