Who is the owner of Seattle Coffee?
seattle coffee company was first started in london by husband and wife team – alley and scott svenson – who were inspired by their experience of specialty coffee brands in their hometown of seattle. seattle coffee company was then brought to south africa by best friends pete and barry, two south african locals. One of those brands is seattle’s best coffee, which nestle purchased from starbucks in 2022. Though the company’s “our story” section leans heavily on its local roots — it was founded in the ’70s as stewart brothers coffee — seattle’s best has little to do with its namesake city these days.
Is Seattle coffee South African?
History. Seattle was initially founded in 1993, by Alley and Scott Svenson (from Seattle, USA), as a specialty coffeehouse in London, UK. However, the UK entity has since dissolved (having been sold to Starbucks), and Seattle Coffee Co is a South African, family-run business. Our story begins in 1971 along the cobblestone streets of Seattle’s historic Pike Place Market. It was here where Starbucks opened its first store, offering fresh-roasted coffee beans, tea and spices from around the world for our customers to take home.