Kaafi

Kaafi is a coffee bar in the center of The Hague, in the Hofkwartier. The business is publicly listed at Prinsestraat 25, 2513 CA The Hague. Available information lists opening hours from 10:00 to 16:00, seven days a week. This makes Kaafi part of the urban coffee landscape around the city center, where various hospitality venues focus on coffee, breakfast, lunch, and drinks outside of evening hours.

Public sources name Zeeshan Malik as the founder of Kaafi. The Coffeevine notes that Malik opened the business in June 2017. LinkedIn describes Kaafi as a food and beverage company with its headquarters in The Hague, established in 2017. In that description, the business is positioned as a specialty coffee company with a multi-roaster shop in the city center.

Articles about the founder outline a background involving London, Prufrock Coffee, and legal studies or work experience. This career path is linked in the available information to the step of opening a coffee bar in The Hague. No separate co-founder is documented in the examined public sources. As a result, the founding history remains primarily tied to Malik and his prior experience in coffee and law.

Kaafi’s own menu lists seasonal espresso and filter roasts from various roasters and origins. The offering includes well-known espresso drinks, such as espresso, long black, cortado, flat white, cappuccino, and latte. Filter coffee and pourover are also listed. Additionally, public information mentions a house blend and a guest grinder, indicating a rotating selection alongside a fixed core.

Multiple brewing methods are mentioned. Koffietje.nl lists V60, Aeropress, Chemex, and French press as brewing methods associated with Kaafi. The Coffeevine also documented Marco SP9 brewers and a Victoria Arduino VA388 Black Eagle espresso machine. Such details provide insight primarily into the technical side of the bar, without allowing for definitive quality claims to be drawn from them.

In addition to coffee, other drinks are listed in the public menu text. These include, among others, chai latte, matcha tea, matcha latte, single-origin chocolate, stonerolled tea, pumpkin spice latte, dirty chai, dirty chocolate, and orange chocolate. The menu thus shows that Kaafi offers not only espresso and filter coffee, but also tea, chocolate, and mixed hot drinks.

Available sources link Kaafi to Shokunin Coffee, Square Mile Coffee Roasters, and international roasters. Koffietje.nl notes that Kaafi regularly changes its beans and that Square Mile Coffee Roasters from London was frequently featured. The Coffeevine documented, among other things, Square Mile’s Red Brick blend. The information thus points to a multi-roaster model, where different roasters are used side by side or in succession.

Information regarding the origin of the coffee is generally more vague. The menu itself refers to seasonal espresso and filter roasts from various origins. However, specific farms, certifications, or fixed purchasing criteria are not mentioned on the visible menu pages. As a result, it is not possible to provide a detailed picture of the entire supply chain behind each coffee based on the available source information.

Public information also links Kaafi to cuppings and external events. An Instagram search result mentions a Square Mile Coffee cupping at Kaafi, led by Sam Griffiths. Facebook search results list Kaafi as the official coffee partner of the Hague World Bites Festival, where coffee, cookies, and nitro on tap were highlighted. These mentions show that the café occasionally extends its visibility beyond its regular bar function.

The Coffeevine described an elevated space at Kaafi that also serves as a cupping room and a communal table. However, no recurring workshop program by Kaafi is documented in the sources reviewed. Therefore, it can only be confirmed that occasional or publicly mentioned activities have taken place, rather than the existence of a fixed educational program.

Kaafi-specific sustainability practices are not publicly documented in the sources reviewed. However, Shokunin Coffee is mentioned as one of the roasters associated with Kaafi. Shokunin describes themes such as transparency, stability, sustainable relationships with producers, and direct trade on its own website. This information pertains to Shokunin itself and cannot be automatically attributed to Kaafi as a company policy.

Bain Brewing lists Kaafi as a point of sale in The Hague for kombucha and ginger lemon shots. This detail speaks to the broader beverage assortment but does not address coffee sourcing or sustainability. For a complete picture of Kaafi’s own criteria regarding sourcing, waste, energy use, or supplier policy, the sources reviewed provide insufficient concrete data.

Kaafi has been mentioned in multiple publications since its opening. Sprudge published a profile on September 14, 2018, identifying Zeeshan Malik as the founder. The Coffeevine published a review on November 26, 2019, with details on the opening, founder, equipment, coffee offering, and the link to Square Mile. Barts Boekje wrote about Kaafi on August 18, 2017, shortly after its launch.

Foodaholics, Kitchen Table Food, and The 500 Hidden Secrets also included Kaafi in articles or overviews of coffee addresses in Den Haag or The Hague. The homepage uses a reference to awards, but the visible text does not name the award, the year, or the granting institution. Therefore, for journalistic context, the most relevant facts are those publicly recorded: the founding in 2017, the location on Prinsestraat, the multi-roaster character, and Malik’s role as founder.