UAE
Patras, Greece · Since 1999

We source it.
We roast it.
We serve it.

Born in Patras, Greece, in 1999, Coffee Island has spent more than 25 years exploring specialty coffee from bean to cup. Today our coffee is roasted in Patras and served across three continents.

What is Coffee Island

A holistic
coffee experience,
from bean to cup

Our journey starts with green coffee and continues through sourcing, roasting, grinding, brewing and serving. We work closely with coffee producers, roast at our facilities in Patras, and train our baristas to understand the coffees they prepare.

Under one roof, you will find two connected experiences: the Espresso & Brew Bar for coffee prepared for you, and the Coffee Shop for freshly ground coffee and Home Barista essentials to enjoy at home.

Patras, Greece · Since 1999 From Bean to Cup Espresso & Brew Bar + Coffee Shop
The Espresso & Brew Bar at Coffee Island, Dubai
The first experience

Espresso &
Brew Bar

Espresso, cappuccino, freddo espresso, freddo cappuccino, filter coffee and specialty coffees brewed by method—prepared in front of you by trained baristas who understand every step behind the cup.

Complete your visit with a selection of food and beverages chosen to complement the coffee experience.

Two experiences.
One passion for coffee.

Enjoy your coffee here or take it with you. Then visit the Coffee Shop to discover the beans behind the cup.

The Coffee Shop bean display at a Coffee Island store
The second experience

Coffee
Shop

Discover our signature blends, Single Estate coffees and limited Microfarm Project coffees. Choose your coffee and tell us how you brew it. Whether you use an ibrik, espresso machine, moka pot, filter brewer or French press, we will grind it fresh to suit your preferred method.

You will also find a selected range of Home Barista equipment and accessories to help you enjoy a complete coffee experience at home.

Coffee expertise

From Bean
to Cup

We believe in people. With respect, we offer high-quality products and services to our consumers. At the same time, we reward those who work for the coffee we deliver to the end consumer “From Bean To Cup”: farmers, employees at the headquarters, franchisees, baristas, and distributors.

We are committed to knowledge, innovation, and excellence in coffee. We are true explorers and invest heavily in knowledge and innovation, as they are the driving forces behind our success. That is why we are members of the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA), and three members of our team hold the SCA Coffee Diploma Award. At Coffee Island, innovation is not just a concept or a promise, but the only way we tangibly return love, appreciation, and trust to coffee lovers.

Direct Trade

We believe in a fair way of conducting business. This means we support Direct Trade, the creation of mutually beneficial relationships with producers at some of the best coffee farms in the world. We believe that every activity we develop contributes to the economic, environmental, and social sustainability of the regions from which we source our coffee.

  1. 01

    Farming

    Premium quality Arabica coffee beans are grown along the equator and each develops different aromatic and flavoring characteristics depending on the country of origin.

  2. 02

    Harvesting

    Coffee fruits are carefully hand-picked by experienced people. When they are gathered, there is a second sort so that we can be sure that only the ripe fruits will be processed.

  3. 03

    Processing

    The skin and flesh of the coffee fruit are removed using a peeling machine and then the green beans are washed, dried and sorted. Finally, they are packed in sacks and begin their journey to our facilities in Patras.

  4. 04

    Roasting

    We’ve been roasting coffee for more than a decade and during all these years we’ve learned that roasting beans is as much an art as it is a science. We use our knowledge, experience, skills and love of coffee to give the beans their best flavor and aroma.

  5. 05

    Grinding

    Consumers of our coffee shops have the option of choosing between Greek, espresso and filter coffee. Together we find the right degree of grinding depending on the extraction method they will use to achieve the best aromatic and taste result from coffee beans and at home.

  6. 06

    Extract

    There are various extraction methods by which one can brew and enjoy their drink, some even favoring certain types of coffee and roasting.

Coffee Campus

Knowledge is
the driving force

At Coffee Island, we believe in knowledge as a driving force to provide the consumer, a unique coffee experience, and our goal is to train professional baristi - coffee makers, with whom we share the same passion for specialty coffee. A full glass of aromas and flavors of coffee “hides” a large chain of people working to provide a unique coffee experience to anyone who tastes it.

Part of this chain is Coffee Campus, the education department of the company, which transmits love, passion, dedication to specialty coffee. Coffee Campus instructors have both training and hands-on experience in the coffee field. The Coffee Campus team consists of Authorized SCA Trainers (ASTs), who have the highest distinction in the field of coffee and 7 Q graders.

Instructors inspire the baristi by acting as their role models and mentors. They also impart baristi with the knowledge and love of coffee, so that they can turn them into a unique coffee experience that they offer to our consumers on a daily basis.

There are four “schools” at Coffee Campus, each of which specializes in different areas of coffee. Quality School provides trainees with R&D knowledge and sensory skills, that is, how to judge a coffee based on its quality characteristics. At Grindery School they learn the coffee shop blends and varieties of coffee as well as brewing skills so they can extract your drink with different tools. At Roasting School, they acquire knowledge of green coffee, its cultivation, its processing, its sorting and are trained in roasting by our experienced roasters on state-of-the-art machines. Finally, at Barista School they are trained to deliver unique beverages, as they learn to have complete control over the equipment and factors that influence the taste.

Coffee Campus has 4 centers in Patras, Athens, Thessaloniki and Nicosia. Our schools are Lifelong Learning Centers and certified SCA Premier Training Campuses certified by the worldwide organization that promotes SCA quality coffee.

Quality School Grindery School Roasting School Barista School
What you'll find

Two experiences
under one roof

Cappuccino in a Coffee Island cup Freddo espresso in a Coffee Island cup

At the Espresso & Brew Bar

  • Espresso, cappuccino and filter coffee
  • Freddo espresso, freddo cappuccino and other iced coffees
  • Single Estate and Microfarm coffees, brewed by method
  • Tea, chocolate and other non-coffee beverages
  • Food selected to complement your coffee
Coffee Island Master Blend espresso beans, 250g

At the Coffee Shop

  • Signature blends
  • Single Estate coffees
  • Limited Microfarm Project coffees
  • Coffee freshly ground for your brewing method
  • Selected Home Barista equipment and accessories
Our story

Born in Greece.
Growing around
the world.

  1. 1999

    It all began in Patras, in 1999. There, our love for specialty coffee drove us to establish our company.

  2. 2006

    We decided to establish our own coffee processing plant, investing in equipment and know-how, mainly from Italy.

  3. 2009

    In 2009, Cyprus welcomes the first Coffee Island shop.

  4. 2012

    We built two state-of-the-art coffee processing and packaging units in Patras and expanded our existing warehouses. Investing in mechanical equipment enabled us to ensure the highest quality in the context of a given increase in production resulting from the continued expansion of our network.

  5. 2013

    We continued upwards, constantly expanding our network.

  6. 2016

    We dynamically entered the UK market, launching our first Coffee Island coffee shop in London.

  7. 2017

    We expanded across the Atlantic by opening the 1st Coffee Shop in Toronto, Canada.

  8. 2019

    In 2019 the unit was refurbished and another roastery was installed. Now, Coffee Island, a Greek company, operates on 3 major continents, opening in the United Arab Emirates, in Dubai.

  9. 2020

    Coffee Island is now also located in Yverdon, Switzerland. The new store is situated at the heart of the brand-new, multifunctional EXPLORiT Business & Services center. Two Coffee Island robots contribute to the visitor experience.

  10. 2021

    The second Coffee Island store opens in Dubai, while Romania is now also “serving” Coffee Island coffee. In 2021, the Sustainable Development Strategy begins, with the first step being the completion of the Materiality Assessment, a process in which 3,000 of our stakeholders participated.

  11. 2022

    The year begins with expansion to yet another continent, with 2 stores opening in Egypt.

  12. 2024

    The first store opens in Madrid, at the Plaza Norte 2 Centro shopping mall—one of the largest and most popular shopping centers in the Spanish capital.
    Coffee Island expands its global presence by launching a new experience store in Cairo, overlooking the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing today: the Pyramids of Giza!

  13. 2025

    It opens its first store in India, in the heart of the business and technology hub of Gurgaon.

Around the world

Where our
coffee travels

Roasted in Patras and served around the world. Different cities and cultures, connected by the same passion for specialty coffee.

  • Greece
  • Cyprus
  • United Kingdom
  • Canada
  • Switzerland
  • Romania
  • Egypt
  • Spain
  • India
  • Iraq
  • France
United Arab Emirates

Stay
tuned

There is no Coffee Island store operating in the United Arab Emirates at the moment. Our coffee keeps travelling, and we are working on the next chapter here.

Until then, follow us – you will hear it here first.

Coffee Island cups in front of the Museum of the Future, Dubai