Since January 4, 2017, Kaffeemacher has been its own limited liability company (GmbH) . We separated from our parent company, unternehmen mitte, and ventured into independence. Kaffeemacher has, in a sense, grown up.
We've had four years to develop, experiment, and gain clarity about what defines us and how we want to work. This has resulted in a clear vision that we will pursue even more consistently with our new founding and independence.
Connecting and networking
The goal of the new Kaffeemacher GmbH is to act as an association and promote balance across the entire coffee value chain.
On the one hand, we will continue to engage in our own coffee-related activities, especially in training and education . We have begun training courses in the catering sector and have recently also been training more and more roasters. In the future, we plan to become even more active in coffee-growing countries with training and networking opportunities.
In addition, the coffee makers will also participate in cafés, roasteries, and farms—in terms of content, networking, and as shareholders.
As Kaffeemacher GmbH, we want to continue to operate neutrally on the coffee market and act as a connecting force – between specialty and commercial, between Arabica and Robusta, between fully and semi-automatic machines, between baristas and producers, etc.
Social business and purpose-oriented
We designed Kaffeemacher GmbH as a non-profit organization, although we don't mean "non-profit" in the tax sense. The GmbH operates with a purpose and purpose, not for profit. We view profit as a tool for fulfilling our purpose. Profit cannot be privatized by statute, and shareholders can only withdraw from the GmbH with the initial nominal value of their registered shares. In other words, the company's profits are reinvested or used across the entire coffee value chain, in accordance with the statutes. Compensation is our priority, as margins in the country where coffee is grown are significantly lower than in the country of predominant consumption at the end of the chain.
Kaffeemacher GmbH begins with two shareholders. Benjamin Hohlmann is the main shareholder and managing director of Kaffeemacher GmbH. Felix Hohlmann is also a shareholder of Kaffeemacher GmbH as managing director of Café Frühlings , which will become a subsidiary of Kaffeemacher GmbH in the future.
Within the framework of Kaffeemacher GmbH, new projects can and should be allowed to develop, which, when strong enough to stand on their own two feet, will then become independent companies. The prerequisite for this is that they position themselves in the aforementioned sense and understand profit as a means to fulfilling their entrepreneurial purpose. The purpose should always revolve around people and coffee. Then we're on the journey together.
In recent years, Kaffeemacher has become a platform and community of coffee trainers, experts, partner companies, and baristas. Many work in different companies and share their enthusiasm and knowledge with Kaffeemacher.
We look forward to many good coffees, good cooperation and intensive exchange,
Benjamin and Felix Hohlmann for the coffee makers
