Kafiex Roasters

Kafiex Roasters is owned by Seidy and Matthew Selivanow, who started selling home-roasted beans at the Vancouver Farmers Market in 2017 and opened their first cafe in Vancouver, Washington, in 2018. The name comes from “kafi,” Swahili for coffee. The company now runs two cafes, plus an expanded roastery and training space that opened in fall 2025, and it features coffees from producers the owners have visited. Matthew, the head roaster, has placed fourth at the U.S. Coffee Roasters Championship in back-to-back years, and Roast magazine named Kafiex its 2026 Micro Roaster of the Year. Home brewers can get both milk-friendly espresso blends and a Reserve line of experimental Colombian lots.