C. Dorman Ltd was founded in 1950 and has become Kenya’s leading coffee roaster and exporter, with a reputation for quality that is unsurpassed. The company’s customer base includes major users of coffee and prestigious gourmet roasters all around the world. Our success hinges on rigorous quality control, and although concentrating on premium qualities, we can offer the whole range of Kenyan and Tanzanian coffees.

We are committed to supporting Kenyan coffee farmers who take enormous care in the growing and processing of coffee. Sustainability and ethical sourcing is a key element of our buying policy. Annual prizes are awarded to farmers and co-operatives in recognition of excellence.

Our experienced team of coffee liquorers tastes approximately 1500 cups of coffee a week and only the finest coffee is selected for our customers to enjoy. The coffee is specially blended to bring out all the characteristics that give Kenyan coffee its worldwide reputation for outstanding quality and flavour. All our green coffees are carefully processed prior to roasting.

C. Dorman Ltd exports approximately 250,000 bags of green coffee from Kenya and Tanzania. The trading operation is run from the Nairobi head office, where All the pre-auction and post auction quality control is carried out. In the search for the right qualities, around 1,500 cups of coffee are tasted weekly and their merits assessed. The team then takes the individual auction lots and carefully blends them to match the requirements of each customer.

Dormans have factories/warehouses and processing equipment in Nairobi, Moshi and Dar es Salaam in order to maintain control over quality and security right up to export.