Dante Coffee

Dante Coffee
Native name
丹堤咖啡
Company typeJoint-stock company
IndustryCoffee shop
FoundedNovember 1993
Founders
  • Shuyi Fang
Headquarters
Taipei, Taiwan
Number of locations
18 (2024)
Area served
Taiwan
Products
  • Coffee beverages
Websitewww.dante.com.tw

Dante Coffee (Chinese: 丹堤咖啡) is a Taiwanese coffeehouse chain. The company began as a small coffee shop in Taipei in November 1993.[1] Their first overseas location was opened in Jakarta, Indonesia in May 2006. On October 9, 2020, the dumpling chain Bafang Dumpling bought a 69 percent interest in the coffee chain.[2][3]

Name

The origin of the name Dante comes from the Italian poet Dante Alighieri who wrote the book Divine Comedy.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "丹堤咖啡 老牌創新拚突圍" [Dante Coffee, a long-established brand with innovation and breakthrough]. Business Today (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 2020-06-19. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  2. ^ Strong, Matthew (October 9, 2020). "Taiwan dumpling chain Bafang Yunji takes control of Dante Coffee". Taiwan News. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  3. ^ 姚舜 (2022-11-23). "八方雲集整頓老字號咖啡品牌 丹堤 力行連鎖精兵路線". China Times (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  4. ^ "Origin of Brands". dante.com.tw. Retrieved 2024-06-04.