Caffeine (stylised CAFFEINE; formerly Coffee Inn and Caffeine Roasters) is a coffeehouse chain headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania. Founded in 2007, it is the largest branded coffee chain in the Baltic states, operating more than 100 cafés in Lithuania and additional stores in Latvia, Estonia, Norway and Denmark.
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History
The chain began in 2007, when four Lithuanian entrepreneurs opened the first Coffee Inn café in Vilnius Old Town.
In 2012, 45.26 percent of the business was acquired by BaltCap venture capital. In 2014, it acquired additional shares upping the stake to controlling 59.07 percent.
Its bright orange branding and focus on takeaway espresso helped drive rapid growth, and by the mid-2010s Coffee Inn had become the largest coffee chain in the Baltics with around 60 cafés.
In 2017 the chain adopted the name Caffeine Roasters following a trademark dispute with an Estonian chain using a similar name.
In October 2018, Reitan Convenience, a division of Reitan AS, acquired the chain, with the founding team remaining in management. Soon after, the brand was shortened to Caffeine and integrated into the group's wider convenience formats. The concept expanded beyond the Baltics, with cafés opening in Oslo and Copenhagen. In 2022 the chain switched all Baltic outlets to serving only certified organic beans, becoming the first in the region to do so.By 2025 Caffeine operated more than 100 cafés in Lithuania, including a new drive-through and charging hub in Varėna. The chain also ran 27 cafés in Latvia and 12 in Estonia.