Who We Are

Kencaf Importing & Distributing Inc. is driven to source out quality green coffee from around the world and so that we can service our customers in North America. Kencaf was founded in June of 1992 by the late Mohamed Jaffer Panju. 

Mr. Panju’s extensive experience in the coffee business began in the 1950’s when he was purchasing coffee from farmers in Kenya and exporting it around the world. In 1973, he moved to Canada and formed Panbro International, which laid the foundations of what would later become Kencaf. Kencaf came about after Panbro International wrapped up its business.

Today, the company is run by Mr. Panju’s son,  Naushad Panju, who joined the business in 1995. Naushad Panju has won many cupping competitions hosted by SinterCafe, providing assurance to our customers about the quality of care you can expect from us. Naushad has featured on Bloomberg News Network, bringing light to the issues the coffee industry faced during COVID. You can see his full interview here. Together and with the rest of the staff at Kencaf, there is a joint coffee business experience of over 60 years! 

What We Do

Our business is to source out quality green Coffee from around the world. We source our green coffees from nearly 50 coffee growing countries from around the world.  Our offerings include: specialty coffees, unwashed Arabica, Robusta, Decaffeinated, Organic and Fair Trade Organic green coffees on a regular basis.

As per our customers requests, we can also source unique green coffees from countries that offer eco-friendly sustainable farming, ‘microlot’, rain forest alliance certified, bird friendly shade grown coffee and more. 

Since the early 1970’s, we have managed to build a network of growers, distributors, middlemen, coffee growing associations and cooperatives around the world. Our green coffee comes from all these connections in our network from around the world. We have storage facilities in Canada and the USA from where the coffee is shipped to our valued customers throughout North America.

We are a nimble company that can supply to large roasters by the container load as well as small boutique roasters that work with a few bags to create their unique niche blends. Feel free to contact us for more information.