Est. 1999 · Kathmandu, Nepal

Nepal’s first
specialty
coffee shop.

Twenty-six years before specialty coffee became a conversation in this country, we opened a single shop in Kathmandu. We are still that shop. Only now we roast our own beans, train our own baristas, and distribute the equipment the rest of the country brews with.

Head office: Tridevi Marg, Thamel Roasting: In-house since 1999 Outlets: 9 across the valley

A ceramic cup of Himalayan Java coffee on a wooden table. — The cupHimalayan Java

Red coffee cherries growing on a Himalayan-altitude farm.

01 Since 1999

Crop to cup,
under one roof.

Himalayan Java grows and sources its coffee from Himalayan-altitude farming communities. Our team roasts every bean in-house. From the same roastery we distribute to our own outlets, and to the equipment partners who rely on us for theirs.

We don’t hand off the bean to anyone else. That is the crop-to-cup promise, and it is the reason every cup we serve in Thamel tastes like every cup we serve in Pokhara.

Farming: Himalayan-altitude Arabica, grown with partner farms across Nepal.
Roasting: In-house roastery. Four house blends, each named for a place we love.
The cup: Served across our own outlets, and through the equipment partners who trust us.

02 House roasts

Four blends,
one roastery.

Each blend is named for a piece of Nepal we love. Roasted in-house in small batches, ground or whole bean, and shipped from our roastery to your door.

Roast 01 · Dark

Everest Roast

Profile. Full-bodied, smoky finish Drink. Milk, espresso, after-dinner

Roast 02 · Medium

Thamel Roast

Profile. Balanced, caramel sweetness Drink. Filter, pour-over, daily cup

Roast 03 · Dark

Espresso Roast

Profile. Cocoa, dense crema Drink. Espresso, cappuccino, latte

Roast 04 · Medium

Medium Roast

Profile. Round body, gentle acidity Drink. Drip, plunger, afternoon cup

03 Java Academy

The trade,
taught properly.

We run vocational programmes in barista and bakery skills. Each course is built around the standards we hold inside our own shops. Not a syllabus borrowed from somewhere else.

A barista pulling an espresso at the Himalayan Java barista school.

Programme 01

Barista Training

Practical barista work. Espresso calibration, milk texture, dialling in, customer-side craft. Built for people who want to work behind a real bar.

Read the Barista programme

Programme 02

Bakery Training

The fundamentals of baking and of running a bakery. Dough, lamination, costing, production. Designed for students who want a trade they can build a small business around.

Read the Bakery programme

Commercial espresso and brewing equipment on a service counter.

04 · Wholesale & Distribution

The country’s
coffee equipment,
under our hand.

Himalayan Java is the sole distributor of coffee equipment and products in Nepal. The same machines behind our own bars are available to the country’s cafes, hotels and restaurants through our wholesale arm.

Espresso machines
Commercial grinders
Brewing equipment
Service & parts

05 New · 2025

Introducing
Express.

Express is a faster-format coffee shop under the Himalayan Java family. Built for modern, on-the-move customers. It runs on an economical franchise model, designed as an entry point for aspiring entrepreneurs who want to start their coffee journey with us.

See the Express model

05 Locations