Actor Kıvanç Kasabalı and his friend Soner Özdemir opened Klar in Caddebostan in August 2019, importing green coffee from the Americas, Africa and Asia to roast in Istanbul. In September 2022 all roasting moved to a workshop in Kalamış, where every incoming lot is cupped on arrival.
Single origins have included Galeras from Nariño in Colombia, the Irmas Pereira natural from Carmo de Minas in Brazil and a honey-processed Sabanilla de Alajuela from Costa Rica. Designer Ceren Burcu Turkan's white boxes, with the logo cut out of the lid, won Bronze at the Pentawards. A third shop runs in Fenerbahçe.
