How Kalve Coffee is brewing for the Baltics

Fresh from raising €1.16m ($1.2m) in its IPO, Latvia’s Kalve Coffee has big ambitions to raise the profile of ethical and sustainable specialty coffee across the Baltics

14 March 2025

6 min read

Interior of Kalve Coffee Roaster’s Espresso Room Nr.3 in Riga, Latvia | Photo credit: Kalve Coffee

Fresh from raising €1.16m ($1.2m) in its IPO, Latvia’s Kalve Coffee has big ambitions to raise the profile of ethical and sustainable specialty coffee across the Baltics. Michael Lyons speaks to co-founder and Chief Operating Officer Raimonds Selga about building a business centred on transparency and ethics, becoming Latvia’s first B Corp and why honesty is always the best policy