Ediya Coffee Explained

Ediya Coffee
Industry:	Coffee shop
Foundation:	South Korea
Hq Location:	636, Nonhyeon-ro, Gangnam-gu
Hq Location City:	Seoul, Republic of Korea
Num Locations:	2,800 (2019)
Website:	Official website

Ediya Coffee is a coffeehouse chain based in South Korea. As of 2019, the chain has 3,000 retail stores in South Korea.^{[1] [2]}

Name

The name of the brand is inspired from the Ediya tribe of Ethiopia, which means the "Only emperor of the continent” in the Ethiopian language.^[3]

History

The coffee house opened its first store in 2001. In September 2005, it opened a branch in Beijing, China. As of September 2016, it had more than 2,000 stores after opening its 2000th location in Yongin, near Seoul.^[4] On November 20, 2019, Ediya Coffee opened its 3,000th store in Seo-gu, Daejeon.^[5] In February 2011, the company moved to Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu.

In 2018, Ediya Coffee launched its delivery service through Yogiyo.^[6]

See also

• List of coffeehouse chains

Notes and References

1. News: Ediya Coffee opens 3,000th store in Daejeon . . November 20, 2019 . 22 November 2019 . Da-sol, Kim . https://web.archive.org/web/20170306024901/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php . 6 March 2017 . dead .
2. Web site: Korean coffee chains expand beyond Seoul . thejakartapost.com . 13 December 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150413005919/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/08/22/korean-coffee-chains-expand-beyond-seoul.html . 13 April 2015 .
3. Web site: 커피전문점 이름에 담긴 의미는?. financial news.
4. News: Ediya Coffee Opens 2,000th Store. 2017-11-17. en.
5. Web site: 2019-11-20. '골목 커피 1인자' 이디야, 상생으로 매장 3000개 열었다. 2021-05-01. The Korea Economic Daily. ko.
6. Web site: 2018-08-24. 이디야커피, 배달서비스 시작한다…'요기요'와 계약 체결. 2021-05-01. 아시아경제. ko.