Our story

Fourteen years of roasting in Oslo

Kalde began with two friends, a borrowed kitchen and a market stall. This is how it grew, one decision at a time.

2012

A 5 kg roaster in a borrowed kitchen

Ingrid Solberg and Tomás Herrera roast at night in a bakery in Grünerløkka and sell 250 g bags at the Saturday market.
2014

Our first café opens

Twelve seats and one espresso machine on Thorvald Meyers gate. On the first Saturday the queue reached the corner.
2016

Buying straight from the farms

We start buying directly from growers in Huila, Colombia, and Sidama, Ethiopia, and publish every price we pay.
2019

A roastery of our own

We move into a former print works in Nydalen and roast 180 tonnes in the first year, for 60 cafés and restaurants.
2022

Roasting on hydropower

An electric roaster replaces the gas one, and the emissions from roasting fall by 83% in its first full year.
2026 · Today

38 people, still roasting twice a week

Two cafés, 140 restaurants and 41,000 subscribers in 14 countries, roasted every Tuesday and Friday in Nydalen.

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