Once you go down the path of flavour exploration, it's difficult not to let it spill over into the other parts of your life. And you know what? It is SO. MUCH. FUN. Coffee is a lifes...
View Full ArticleQuality over Quantity: The Rise of Specialty Coffee in Rwanda Since the tragedy of the genocide in 1994, Rwanda has slowly but surely established itself as one of the prominent players in ...
View Full ArticleThis tasty little morsel might give you a new perspective on espresso as the chocolate melts gently against rich espresso! Delicious! But where can we find them you ask?! Don't worry you do...
View Full ArticleWe catch up with Stevo Kühn on the opening of his world class new coffee bar in Bloemfontein. There's even a coffee freezer! Congratulations on your new coffee bar inside Jack&...
View Full ArticleWe met the wonderful women behind Green Bean Coffee Roastery what seems like eons ago at the Coffee&Chocolate Expo 2013. Iris McCallum and Lee Anderson started the business in 2007 and it has been...
View Full ArticleRecently, my godson got me hooked on a car restoration show on Netflix and honestly, I would never have picked it, but gosh, those cars are beautiful and I got completely sucked in to the rag ta...
View Full ArticleWords By Anastasia Prikhodko Anastasia Prikhodko investigates why you should make your next cup of coffee using beans from one of the many origin countries in Africa. Rich, complex and rewa...
View Full ArticleWords by John McCarthy Find an ocean adventure with this wonderful waterman here. This lockdown did strange things to people. As an addicted surfer I lasted about two weeks before paddling out...
View Full ArticleWe are always so excited to find people within our network that are doing incredible things. Sinal Govender, for example, was a year below me (Mel Winter) at Maris Stella, we were in the same school p...
View Full ArticleThe SCA Roasting (Foundation and Intermediate Combo) Course has become a fast favourite and it has been decided that this is the best way to handle the theory for the course, at the same time respecti...
View Full ArticleWe chat to Trevor Fitz, co-founder and coffee geek behind Beethoven Coffee Co to find out how their journey took them from home barista to runner up at the SCASA National Barista Champs to a fully-fle...
View Full ArticleThe next installment of roaster knowledge from Neil Maree, co-founder and chief engineer behind Genio Roasters. Deciding on the bells and whistles for your coffee roaster Now that you have dec...
View Full ArticleContributions from Jorge Jacobi Montalvan and Lisanne Oonk Intro by Mel Winter When I dream of visiting Peru, my first thoughts are of exploring the Inca culture and traveling th...
View Full ArticleIt's great to see that out of the trainwreck that was 2020, new opportunities were created and a host of new coffee spaces have popped up. We chatted to Dale Sandy about his venture of building a ...
View Full ArticleWe love watching How-it's-Made content especially when it's as mesmerising as these artworks by Anita Yan Wong, who uses coffee as her base for a new line of portraits. It really is ama...
View Full ArticleYou know what I love? I love surprises. I love it when my expectations are completely blown out the water. If you have met me, you will probably have heard that I am not a fan of the whole shoppin...
View Full ArticleUmdloti, on the KZN North Coast, is one of those rare little villages that has both kept up with the times and remains in its own little village bubble. How they have managed to achieve this is u...
View Full ArticleWandering along the Barcelona promenade late at night on our way home, our nightly ritual was to stop in at Vioko Gelato to try a new flavour. I kid you not, the one night I had an ice cream that ...
View Full ArticleIt seems no part of our lives will remain untouched from this C-19 thing. We're working on an article about the impacts of the epidemic on the coffee space a year after it hit us. We loo...
View Full ArticleTalk about commitment to a theme! The team from Shazmin's Patisserie have taken the colour pink and gone deliciously wild! We caught up with Shazmin herself to find out more behind...
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