By Ayanda Dlamini My journey into the heart of Turkish coffee culture began the moment I stepped into OBA Cafe. This Turkish cafe offered me more than just an immersive experience into Turkish...

Most people when buying a coffee machine for home, look at two main factors: 1. How much does it cost?    2. How easy is it to operate? There are many people who just want ...

I'm willing to bet, that by looking at the images above you have a reference of smell for each: jasmine, mixed berries, roasted walnuts and fresh cut orange. And as crazy as it sounds, you ...

Words and images by Ayanda Dlamini If you haven’t been introduced to him already, meet Leroy Kgopa, the maestro of coffee at Home of The Bean. Brewing coffee is an art form for him, esp...

By Ayanda Dlamini  Calling upon all the coffee rookies and budding baristas: have you ever felt like the world of coffee grind sizes is a mystifying maze, designed to baffle the fresh-faced ...

Help, There’s a Bag of Specialty Coffee in my Kitchen! Words (of encouragement) by Katie Burnett So, your friends have been talking about specialty coffee. They say they’ll never g...

Grip it and Rip it! Get your grind on with the new era of handheld grinders as we appreciate how far this gadget has come in recent years. Words by Melanie Winter If you’re lookin...

Ok, yes, we have shared an Irish coffee recipe before. But perfecting the Irish coffee, is like perfecting any coffee brewing method, you’ve got to play around with it! So when we had an ...

Coffee people are spritzing their beans with water before grinding them. For a while now, any sort of spray bottle was intimately wound up with hand-sanitiser in my head (gosh darn pandemic), so ...

Interview and images by Ayanda Dlamini Simpiwe Mnyamana is the embodiment of a free spirit, a character who infuses every aspect of his life with a sense of adventure and boundless enthusiasm...

This box of deliciousness is available for purchase here, but if you'd like to put your name in the ring for a DGC Box + Limited Edition Coffee Tee (worth R1000 in total), fill in the entry form b...

Its Rugby World Cup time and that means that for the next few weeks, people in rugby playing nations are going to be very focussed on France, the host country for the 2023 edition and loading up with ...

The Pursuit of Practice The willingness to improve must come with the acceptance that practice is the only way forward. Words by Imile de Villiers Have you ever wondered what makes your favou...

Tips to improve and enjoy your journey through flavour Imile de Villiers helps us keep the music of coffee alive, with a tongue in cheek reminder not to get so caught up in high end coffee, that yo...

When it comes to manual brew methods, the most elegant of all is the seemingly humble pour over. But when you look closer you can see that these simple devices have a lot of important details, no two ...

This is a flippin delicious coffee! Another of the truly incredible coffees that made the top 6 of the best aeropress in SA submissions! Thank you Airabica for this Costa-Rican beauty!  It'...

This coffee is simply delicious!  Submitted as an Aeropress coffee for S.A AeroPress Challenge,  Frederik Dreyer had this to say. “ Grown at 1700 m.a.s.l. in the Cauca regi...

Simple bru - brew it simply! It winter in Durban, which is the best time of the year here - especially if you love the ocean! The sea is warm, the offshore land breezes make the waves smooth and gl...

This is one of 6 of the best aeropress coffees in SA right now! This issue, to celebrate the SA aeropress Challenge, being held at CCW in July, we curated the best 6 coffees for aeropress in th...