Our Story

Founded in 2016, COFFEE & strangers is Malta’s leading speciality coffee distributor and training centre. We strive to provide only what’s best to all coffee professionals and enthusiasts out there who wish to explore the intriguing world of coffee in more depth. 

COFFEE & strangers has been providing top quality training for the past 5 years. Our unique workshops and globally recognized courses are designed on a blended approach: the theoretical and the practical. We take pride in imparting our knowledge and expertise to our participants, helping them explore the logic and science behind the mighty bean. 

Malta's only accredited licensed coffee educators, both with CQI and SCA:

• SCA licensed AST (Authorised Trainer) - Speciality Coffee Association

• Post Harvest Processing Lecturer - Coffee Quality Institute

• Post Harvest Processing Assistant Instructor - Coffee Quality Institute

• Q Arabica Grader
 - Coffee Quality Institute

• Q Processor - Generalist
 - Coffee Quality Institute

• Excellence in Coffee Science - ZHAW University of Applied Science Zurich

Quality is the pinnacle of our core values. As the number one speciality coffee distributors of the Maltese islands, we have teamed up with a number of remarkable coffee roasters from across the globe to provide beans of the highest quality to all our passionate consumers. Experience has taught us that each and every coffee roaster leaves behind their signature taste which sets them apart from the rest. Committed as we are to providing a wide range of flavor bursting varieties, we rotate our wholesale distributors on a weekly basis to supply our loyal clientele with a vast selection of flavors and unique tastes to choose from. 

Our ideology was, and remains the same to this day: to serve, lead, change and improve coffee education across the island and beyond. 

COFFEE & strangers Team