Maravi UK Franchisor · Caffe Holdings LLP
A Maravi Café, set up for you.
Beautiful rooms. High-quality coffee at normal prices. Attentive service. We find the site, fit it out, equip it and stock it — then train you to run it with your own team.
What a Maravi café is
Not a luxury coffee experience. A better everyday one.
Maravi is a modern Malawi coffee house. The coffee is specialty-grade and roasted in Dorset. The room is designed to be sat in. The prices are normal, because good coffee should be part of the week, not a treat at the end of it.
The model is deliberately simple: a beautiful room, a short menu done well, coffee at a price people can pay every day, and service that notices them. The same standard runs from a compact counter to a flagship roastery. What changes is the size of the room. What does not change is the standard.
High-quality coffee
Specialty-grade beans, roasted in Dorset, brewed on equipment we specify and train you to use.
Normal prices
Not cheap. Not luxury. Priced for the everyday, so the coffee becomes a habit rather than an occasion.
Attentive service
Someone notices you. Someone remembers your order. Someone says goodbye. Service that is warm, not performed.
A room worth sitting in
Oak, charcoal, concrete, roaster green and good light. Designed for a quick coffee or an afternoon.
The founder's introduction
“We don't want to sell you a franchise. We want you to see one that works.”
The three-year pilot, four South Coast cafés and one in Spain, the exclusive ambition zone, the £5,000 research phase, the £200,000 entry point and the training that makes you the operator — not the barista.
Three formats · the Café leads
The room changes with the site. The standard does not.
The Café is the lead format: the smallest room that carries coffee, food, seating and service, and the format we recommend for a first franchise area. The Counter is the compact variant; the Roastery is the destination flag.
Counter Café
A compact, espresso-led room for a high-footfall street, station or market. The standard, distilled.
Café
The lead format: counter, seating, a small kitchen and a place to stay. The format for most high streets and neighbourhoods.
Roastery & Coffee Bar
The flagship: a roaster behind glass, a retail wall, a larger room and the option of a Nia Botanica tea bar.
Indicative formats and layouts. Final sizes, layouts and equipment are agreed per site and set out in the Franchise Agreement.
The Coffee Emporium
The room evolves. The standard does not.
From 2027, the Maravi room becomes a Coffee Emporium: brass doors, arched windows, a Map Room of single origins, a Drawing Room of house blends, a Quiet Room for decafs and a Confectionery for flavoured coffees — with numbered 1kg bags and a wholesale range.
The design standard
The room is the brand.
A Maravi café should be recognisable before the customer reads the sign. The black fascia, the full-height glazing, the oak counter and the green roaster are the same language in every format.
- Shopfront
- Black steel fascia, wide-tracked MARAVI wordmark, full-height glazing and a clear view into the room.
- Counter
- Warm oak, charcoal cabinetry, a working counter for coffee and a display for pastry.
- Floor & walls
- Polished concrete, warm plaster, a restrained palette that lets the coffee and the people carry the room.
- Roaster
- In the flagship format, a working roaster behind glass — the room's theatre and the source of the house coffee.
- Light & planting
- Pendant and track lighting for morning and evening; olive trees and greenery for softness.
- Service
- Attentive, unhurried, consistent. The design is the setting; the service is the reason people return.
We select or approve the site, design the fit-out and project-manage the build to this standard. You fund the investment; we hold the standard.
A partnership with a standard
You run it. We set it up.
A franchise works when both sides know what they are responsible for. Maravi brings the brand, the room, the coffee and the system. You bring the capital, the team and the commitment to run it well.
| Maravi does | You do |
|---|---|
| Selects or approves the site against the format criteria | Funds your agreed share of the lease, fit-out, equipment, stock and working capital |
| Designs and project-manages the fit-out to the standard | Employs and leads the café team |
| Specifies, procures and installs the equipment package | Runs the day-to-day business and the P&L |
| Supplies the coffee, food and packaging to the standard | Follows the brand, service and operating standards |
| Trains you and your key team before opening | Builds the local relationships and the regulars |
| Provides opening support and ongoing field support | Pays the fees set out in the Franchise Agreement |
From first conversation to opening day
Eight steps. One opening.
The sequence is designed to protect both sides: you see the model before you commit, the site is tested before the lease, and the room is built before the training begins.
Tell us about you, your town and your timing.
Meet the team, visit a shop, taste the coffee.
Propose a site or a search area; we test it.
Sign the Franchise Agreement and secure the territory.
We design and project-manage; you fund and approve.
You and your key team learn the business.
The equipment package and opening stock are installed.
Opening support, launch marketing and the first service.
Training & support
You learn to run the business, not just the bar.
You are trained to operate the business using employees. The programme covers the coffee, the service, the food, the people, the stock, the numbers and the compliance — so you can lead a team, not stand behind the machine all day.
You do not need to be a barista. You do need to be an operator.
Training is included for you and your key team, before opening and through the first service. The exact programme, duration and attendance requirements are set out in the Franchise Agreement.
What you will learn
- Coffee, espresso and the equipment package
- Service, hospitality and the customer promise
- Food, bakery and display
- People, rota and team leadership
- Stock, waste and supplier ordering
- Finance, reporting and the weekly rhythm
- Local marketing and opening launch
- Compliance, health and safety, allergens
Two streams: owner/operator and barista/staff, initial and ongoing. The exact duration and attendance are set out in the Franchise Agreement. Your key team trains alongside you. The training structure →
Bournemouth, 2022 · Christchurch, after
The first room was small. The standard was not.
Maravi has been trading in the south of England since August 2022. The family confirms five Maravi shops: four open South Coast pilot cafés — one a roastery awaiting its roasting machine — and one in Spain. The Christchurch room is the roastery format, built for the machine, with the Nia Botanica tea bar.
The founder's figures are attributed on the Buy page; they are not a forecast. The pilot is there to be visited, questioned and tested during due diligence.
Who this is for
You do not need to be a barista. You do need to be an operator.
This is for you if
- You have the capital to fund a fit-out, equipment, stock and working capital.
- You have managed a team, a site or a P&L — in hospitality, retail or another service business.
- You will follow a standard, treat staff well and build a local reputation.
- You want a business you can lead, not a passive investment.
This is not for you if
- You are looking for a hands-off investment with no involvement in the operation.
- You want to invent your own menu, design or brand.
- You are not prepared to recruit, train and lead a team.
- You need a guaranteed income before you open.
“Franchise owners can wash up if they want to, but even that is frowned upon.” — The founder
The next step
Start with a conversation.
Tell us who you are, where you are thinking, and when. We will send the outline and arrange a discovery call. The founder's figures, the pilot and the agreement — no pressure, no earnings guarantee.
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No franchise is offered except under a Franchise Agreement. This site is a concept draft; terms are indicative and subject to contract.