ABOUT THE FOUNDER

KOFI ADJEI
Founder & CEO

At the heart of Kofi’s Kaffé is Kofi Adjei — a Newark-based U.S. Air Force veteran, artist, author, and cultural architect whose life bridges service, creativity, and community.

Kofi’s path began as a Flight Medic in the U.S. Army, where he learned discipline, precision, and what it means to serve under pressure. A blast injury in Afghanistan ended his military career, but not his mission. That moment became the turning point that led him toward transformation.

After transitioning into cybersecurity consulting, Kofi mastered strategy and systems thinking, but his creative pulse kept calling. He eventually reconnected with his artistic roots — supporting filmmakers, photographers, and musicians across Newark through his equipment rental business. Those years forged his understanding of how art can heal cities and connect people.

Kofi’s Kaffé is the natural evolution of that journey a space built not just to serve coffee, but to serve culture, creativity, and belonging. Known for his warmth, vision, and quiet conviction, Kofi continues to champion the belief that when art and community meet, cities rise.


our story

The world moves fast. Cities grow louder. Creativity gets commodified, and connection becomes content.

Kofi’s Kaffé was created as an antidote, a place to slow down, to think, to feel, to gather.

A sanctuary for the modern creative spirit, built on the belief that culture is not luxury — it’s infrastructure.

Rooted in the ancestral warmth of Accra and the bold momentum of Newark, Kofi’s Kaffé exists at the intersection of heritage and hustle.

It carries the grounded spirituality of the diaspora and the ambition of a city writing its next chapter.
Here, stories aren’t just told, they’re lived through food, music, design, and dialogue.

Every corner of the space is intentional —
the deep green walls that feel like forest after rain,
the brass lines that echo sacred geometry,
the sound of vinyl spinning Coltrane into Burna Boy,
the scent of espresso and soul food colliding like memory and possibility.

Kofi’s Kaffé is a cultural and economic anchor designed to restore what every thriving city needs — a heartbeat.
It’s where artists, thinkers, and seekers gather to exchange more than ideas — to build identity, to weave community, to spark momentum.

This isn’t about nostalgia; it’s about continuity.
About holding what was beautiful, and remixing it for what’s next.
Because when art, story, and hospitality meet, something deeper happens —
cities come alive again.

Kofi’s Kaffé stands as a testament to that power:
that creativity can feed the economy,
that story can heal divisions,
that community can be designed with intention.

It’s not a brand chasing trends —
it’s a movement shaping how we remember ourselves.

FEEL. FEED. BE.

  • It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world.

  • It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world.

  • It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world.

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