Georgetown Edition | March 2025

Business

BY ANNA MANESS

When Mirian Diop opened local roastery Katï Coee in October, she hoped to co-brand with local partners and create coee blends. The business’ vision is to be the supplier of choice for specialty roasted coee in Williamson County. Five months later, Katï Coee has collaborated with Southwestern University and local re departments to create the: • Scholarly Pirates blend with Southwestern University • 3991 Hook & Ladder blend with the Georgetown Association of Professional Fireghters, IAFF Local 3991 • 3082 First Due blend with Round Rock Fire Fighters Association, IAFF Local 3082 Katï Coee makes a donation to each partnering organization and also donates a percentage of proceeds from the collaborating blends’ sales, Diop said in an email. “It is our way of meeting a personal goal to give Georgetown-based Katï Coee roastery blends community together

Mirian Diop opened Katï Coee in Georgetown in October 2024.

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back,” Diop said. About the owner

Diop moved to the United States from Ghana in 2005 for her education. She received her bache- lor’s in chemical engineering at Tufts University and a doctorate in chemical engineering at Northwestern University. After falling in love with Georgetown, Diop and her husband, Dave, settled nearby. In February, Diop said she left her career of 10 years at Exxon- Mobil to try something new. “ I always knew that I wanted to build something that was community integrated,” Diop said. Once Diop began roasting her own coee at home, she realized how much she enjoyed using software to analyze changes in the beans’ temperature while roasting, she said. “Coee is an art, but it’s also a science,” Diop said. “I’m a scientist at heart.” In a nod to her native country, Diop named her company Katï, which means “knowledge” in Lel- emi, the language of a village in Ghana. Knowledge applied well is wisdom, Diop said, which is also why she chose an owl as the company’s logo. Looking ahead In the future, Diop said she hopes to create an internship program with students at Southwestern University in Georgetown and create a coee

Mirian Diop said she roasts the Papa New Guinea beans longer to get a more robust avor with lower acidity.

Mirian Diop uses a Probat machine to roast beans.

blend with the Georgetown Police Department. Diop tailors the brewing process to highlight the unique qualities of each type of bean. Customers can purchase Katï Coee beans from:

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• Brazil • Colombia • Costa Rica • Ethiopia • Guatemala

• Indonesia • Kenya • Nicaragua • Tanzania

3871 E. University Ave., Ste. 195, Georgetown www.katicoee.com

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