The view from a coffee professional working in the ever-expanding and wildly intriguing city of Dubai.  Words and Dubai Cityscapes by Arno Quentin Els Imagine for a few seconds that y...

The Style and Coffee Block Shop 9, Lex Hollmann Center  Malelane 1320  @style.coffeeblock | @themodernswatigirl_za  Please tell us a little about yourself and how you came...

When the Press Release attached below came across my inbox, I didn't pay it much attention to be honest. And then it hit the mass media! Imagine my surprise that people were interested in a rare, ...

Fikile Khuzwayo has always inspired us with her tenacity and her positivity. She must be one of the hardest working women in coffee and she does it all with immense grace and a smile through it...

The Breakfast Room is a place of calm, happiness and delicious Kenyan coffee, against all the odds on the Durban Point construction site. You know, in my experiences of the hospitality wor...

In Neil Maree’s monthly column, he explores the importance and detail of the packaging your freshly roasted coffee beans come in. Specialty coffee packaging: more than meets the eye Don&...

Way back in 2018, we introduced you to Kai and Mariska of Firefly biofuel - the firelighters made locally from used coffee grounds. (Read that article here! ) and for this issue of the Coffee Magazine...

This rather large and strange box appeared in the Coffee Magazine offices last week…. Choose me or Lose me? We were intrigued!  Obviously we chose to open it and in doing so w...

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...

Quality 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 ...

This 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...

We 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&...

We 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...

Recently, 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...

Words 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...

Words 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...

We 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...

The 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...

We 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...

The 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...