Addressing the skills shortage: collaborative solutions for a thriving hospitality industry James Khoza is an executive chef at Southern Sun’s Sandton Sun & Towers and Sandton Co...
View Full ArticleThe Sample Coffee Roaster Linking Origin with Roasteries It’s no secret that specialty coffee roasteries, cafes and consumers are interested in exceptional flavour experiences. All these ...
View Full Article2023 was a big year for moving and shaking things up within the South African industry, but none were bigger than the merger of three Cape Town roasters, who had all blossomed out from Origin Coffee R...
View Full ArticleEverybody knew Gianni and that's because he made a point to get to know you. Gianni Cassatini was a regular and memorable feature at coffee events around the world through his work with Nuova S...
View Full ArticleEXPERIENCE, KNOW-HOW, TECHNOLOGIES, COMMUNITY. Another interesting Academy Day was held on October 18, 2023, after the HOSTMilano Exhibition, at the IMA Coffee Lab: a day of sharing and training a...
View Full ArticleHOSTMilano is one of the biggest Hospitality Shows in the world. It happens every two years and IMA Group are proud to be unveiling new technology at this world-renowned event! The IMA Coffee H...
View Full ArticleCoffee and Exercise: How Can Your Café Build on the Connection? Whether it’s a takeaway espresso before a 7am workout class or a post-run flat white on a Saturday morning, it’s u...
View Full ArticleOne of our favourite coffee 'celebrities' on Instagram is Morgan Eckroth, she recently posted this scrumptious looking cold brew with this indulgent cream that she had whipped it up. It defini...
View Full ArticleWe're seeing a very interesting shift in the green coffee market in South Africa and it's extremely exciting. Only a couple of years ago we could count on one hand the number of green coffee...
View Full ArticleWords and images by Kate Burnett The coffee supply chain. This conjures many different images for each of us coffee drinkers: the slick café in East Berlin, the polished roastery in Scandi...
View Full ArticleHello Roasters! We are partnering with MoreFlavour to host an AeroPress Competition with the big finale at Creative Coffee Week 2023, 26-28 July We will be running a virtual preliminar...
View Full ArticleThe first Green Coffee Academy: an all-round training course on green coffee specifically targeted at coffee professionals. An experiential journey that started off in the plantations of Honduras and ...
View Full ArticleYou know that we're getting to a mature place in our coffee industry when mergers are happening! And the merger between Seam Coffee and Beethoven Coffee is certainly one that makes sense. Tha...
View Full ArticleBehind your daily cup of coffee is a huge industry of networks that work together for the betterment of how coffee is produced and the well-being of the humans who produce it. One such event that ...
View Full ArticleOne of our favourite Coffee Magazine contributors and Creative Coffee Week speakers, Erika Koss, will be in Johannesburg in March, in partnership with Lani Snyman, to give South African Coffee Profess...
View Full ArticleSucafina, a leading sustainable Farm to Roaster coffee company, is launching IMPACT – the responsible sourcing program that benefits farmers, traders, and roasters to create a fairer, more resil...
View Full ArticleMeet the new SCASA Board Members! The Speciality Coffee Association of South Africa (SCASA) is the governing body of the coffee community in South Africa and is affiliated to the global b...
View Full ArticleThis is an amazing tool to unpack all the skills that are actually expected of a barista on a daily basis. Not just pouring the perfect latte art! This is a really interesting tool to reframe how we s...
View Full ArticleIf you are a paid up SCASA Member you now have the opportunity to vote for the Board of Directors that will lead the Association for the next two years. As we always say, an Association is only as str...
View Full ArticleB.farm and IMA confirm their partnership to increase the value of the coffee supply chain. B.house, the b.farm microroastery, thanks also to the technology of IMA Coffee Petroncini Specialty Roasters,...
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