Coffee Collective | Bekele Natural

Founded in 2007, The Coffee Collective is to this day 100% owned and run by Peter N. Dupont, Casper Engel Rasmussen and Klaus Thomsen. With several competition awards in the bag, including gold in both the World Barista Championship and the World Cup Tasting championships, we continue to explore exciting coffee experiences. 

The Coffee Collective stands as a trailblazer in Copenhagen’s specialty coffee scene, driven by a commitment to transparency, sustainability, and unparalleled quality. Their visionary approach not only elevates the coffee experience but also fosters positive change across the global coffee industry.

Welcome to KNIFE.

Sweet, fresh, and full-bodied. Aroma of strawberry candy, pineapple, and papaya. 

The Farmer

Bekele Karchara runs several small coffee processing sites in the same area. The one we work with is the highest, where they grow and process coffee at 2,350 masl in the Murago area of Sidama. 

Because the air is thin at this altitude and the temperature is cooler, the cherries develop very slowly. This results in a complex coffee with lots of aroma. Everything is produced without electricity or water, and native trees are planted everywhere to interfere as little as possible with nature. 

Bekele works with both his own coffees and those of 75 other local farmers. He has been around coffee since childhood, as his parents were coffee farmers in the lowlands.