SEOUL, KOREA- CKCO&, a purveyor of coffee beans and coffee making devices, announced on August 20 that it will open Korea’s largest coffee-specific retail channel ArounZ at Yangpyeong-dong in Seoul, plus an online shopping mall ArounZ Mall (www.arounz.co.kr).ArounZ will be housed in a three-story building with a total floor space of 1,322 square meters. It will be designed to allow visitors to purchase and experience about 5,000 kinds of coffee in a single place.

On the first floor, visitors can select original beans and enjoy fresh coffee by roasting, grinding, and packaging on site. On the third floor will be an experience-type cafeteria where visitors can have a taste of coffee made by professional baristas.

ArounZ will be run as a multicultural complex that will host seminars for coffee professionals, while providing educational programs on cupping test and hand drips.