"The very first sip of a nine year old chill process - God help me! " says Sasa Sestic 2015 World Barista Champion and Owner of ONA coffee in Australia. Sasa made a hilarious vi...
View Full ArticleWe chatted to Keegan Bain from BeanO Coffee Co in the Northern suburbs of Cape Town about their fledgling coffee company. How did you get into the coffee business? BeanO Coffee was...
View Full ArticleMikael Jasin is an international ambassador for specialty coffee and is determined to uplift his home country's coffee and showcase all the amazing talent that the Indonesian islands have to ...
View Full ArticleYou may have heard about cryptocurrency like Bitcoin and Ethereum, and you may even have heard about the blockchain technology that form the open ledger systems that these (and many other cryptocurren...
View Full ArticleTHE RISE AND RISE OF GREEN COFFEE Coffee has gone up and it’s unlikely to fall in the foreseeable future, we asked expert coffee consultant Charles Denison for some insight into just what is ...
View Full ArticleWe are so excited for you to read all about where the rooibos in Red Espresso's delicious product comes from, it's in the 40th Edition of the Print magazine, available everywhere now! Toge...
View Full ArticleWith coffee competitions back in full swing, we are looking forward to the World Barista Championships in Melbourne at the end of September at the Melbourne International Convention Centre. We hav...
View Full ArticleSubscribe and get this issue, OR buy it from your local Roastery/Cafè (see our list here!) This issue is our 40th Edition. The big 4-0. How the heck did that happen? We started th...
View Full ArticleApogee Cafe 71 Zenith Road, Umhlanga Open 7am-3pm Mon to Friday, Sat & public hols 8am-12pm. Closed Sundays The Apogee Team, Nokwanda, Sbu and Jane ~APOGEE, noun. Point ...
View Full ArticleWe caught up with Jeff Stopforth, South African National Latte Art Champion, after he competed in the World Latte Art Championship stage on 23rd June 2022 in Milan. "It's been such an ...
View Full ArticleThe crisp cold of the Johannesburg winter is bracing and invigorating, but it does require that you keep moving if you're outside! A wonderful way to do that is at the James & Ethel Park in Bi...
View Full ArticleThe first SCASA coffee competitions in two years are happening at Hostex 26-28 June 2022. We thought that it might be wise to give you, the consumers of coffee, the slaves to caffei...
View Full ArticleIn 2018 we ran a Barista Scholarship Program with Selati Sugar, giving 12 young and driven people the chance to make a start in coffee. There are amazing companies around the country, like Ground U...
View Full ArticleWe are very happy to announce that after closing during the extreme conditions of COVID, Sibongile Rakgatjane of Mo's Bakery has re-opened her cafe space. Momo, as she is affectionatel...
View Full ArticleEcho Coffee 54 Hornbill Road, Bryanston, Johannesburg, 2191 All images used with permission from their lovely Instagram Tell us about the people behind Echo? At echo, we have a fanta...
View Full ArticleWe met Letsi Mailula a few years ago at an industry event and were so thrilled to see street pole ads pop up all over the country with his and business partner, Pride Radebe's faces on them! Onwar...
View Full ArticleFrequently Asked Questions about Water with Ultimate Water The quality of your water has a direct impact on the taste of your beverages, as well as the longevity and efficiency of your equipment, w...
View Full ArticleAs competitions heat up again and the SA circuit kicks off for the first time since 2020, we're getting excited about the top level of coffee in all it's forms! This interview was originall...
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