Caffe Del Duca

Caffe Del Duca Ltd was established and incorporated in Kenya in 2008. Caffe Del Duca derives its name and philosophy from the story of The Duke of Aosta who is buried in Nyeri in a coffee estate which belongs to Catholic Church. The duke would have been the future king in Italy but chose to be buried with his soldiers in Kenya. The Duke had an attachment to the Nyeri coffee, the finest, most prestigious and expensive in the world.

Gunther’s experience in Ethiopia and in Kenya realized that espresso was 70% Robusta and 30% Arabica. He thus embarked on a fact finding mission by doing a survey on small scale farmers to establish where Robusta is grown. Mr Gunther had realized that the best quality coffee comes from small holder farmers and thus the commitment to integrating them a crucial building block in the value chain. Mt Gunther partnered with Ellio Lolli who was born and raised in a coffee farm in Thamuru, Gatanga and is passionate about Kenyan coffee. Lolli has invented the coffee dry net system, made first dry pulper in Kenya.

Caffe Del Duca is thus built on the realization that today, a jar of instant coffee can be found in majority of homes/offices and that consumers are increasingly trying out different types of coffee, such as cappuccino, espresso, mocha and latte. The expanding consumer demand for product choice, quality and value has led to an increase in the coffees being made available to a discerning public. The firm has realised that ‘value’ is the way in which the consumer views one’s product in comparison with competitive offerings. The firm is striving to achieve profitable and sustainable coffee farming value chain, with high quality linkages from where the coffee is grown in the field, to the way in which it reaches the consumer. 

This is evident in our motto which reads “Quality Kenyan beans: quality espresso experience”.