PROUD OF OOST. Carlos Koffie, started in a garden shed and after 30 years was looking abroad: “As a baby I would lie in my Maxi-Cosi among the coffee beans” | Proud of East

PROUD OF OOST. Carlos Koffie, started in a garden shed and after 30 years was looking abroad: “As a baby I would lie in my Maxi-Cosi among the coffee beans” | Proud of East
PROUD OF OOST. Carlos Koffie, started in a garden shed and after 30 years was looking abroad: “As a baby I would lie in my Maxi-Cosi among the coffee beans” | Proud of East
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“Once coffee gets into your blood, you never lose it.” Carlo Lijnneel (66) first experimented with coffee beans 30 years ago and hasn’t stopped since. Meanwhile, daughter Bo (26) also participates in Carlos Koffie, the business carries the Handmade in Belgium label and you can also find hundreds of types of tea there. “When we received phone calls at night from women who thought their husbands were staying at the café too long, we chose a different name.”


Nele Dooms

24-03-24, 05:35


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In the Fier Op Oost series we put East Flemish companies in the spotlight. From companies that have survived for four or five generations within the same family to small entrepreneurs who have made it to the United States, China or Australia. East Flemish entrepreneurship that we are proud of.

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