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Double Coffee is a coffee house company based in Latvia. As of 2024, the company has locations in Riga, Latvia, Cairo, Egypt, and Kazakhstan. Double Coffee was founded in 2002, and during its history has also had branches in Estonia, Lithuania, Belarus, China, Russia, and Azerbaijan.
History
editThe first Double Coffee cafe opened on 26 September 2002, in the city of Riga, on Stabu Street. The year it was founded it won the best trader in Riga 2002, and also the best Latvian trader 2002.[citation needed] Five new Double Coffee houses opened in 2003 and at the end of 2005 there were 16 in Latvia with branches subsequently opening in Estonia, Lithuania, Belarus and Ukraine. The chain opened its first non-European branch in June 2009 in Beijing, China[1] In 2009, the Estonian section of the chain went bankrupt,[2] followed in 2011 by bankruptcy in Lithuania and a withdrawal from both those countries' markets.[3]
See also
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References
edit- ^ Baltic Times 10 June 2009
- ^ Double Coffee Estonia declares bankruptcy, The Baltic Times, 23 November 2009
- ^ With foreign coffeehouses absent, Lithuanian takeout coffee chains muscle up, The Baltic Times, 7 September 2011
External links
edit- Double Coffee Latvia - Official Facebook fan page