Home Brewer Spotlight: Meet Rob Laithwaite - <p>There's nothing we love to see more than home brewers who are just straight up having fun with coffee. Ayanda chats to young Rob Laithwaite, who's imagination has been captured by the allure o...</p>

Home Brewer Spotlight: Meet Rob Laithwaite

There's nothing we love to see more than home brewers who are just straight up having fun with coffee. Ayanda chats to young Rob Laithwaite, who's imagination has been captured by the allure o...

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Latte Art: Making coffee a Blend of Taste and Visual Appeal - <p>

By Ayanda Dlamini 


In our contemporary world, coffee has evolved from a mere beverage to a captivating art form. Beyond its energising properties, one of my favourite parts about coffee ...</p>

Latte Art: Making coffee a Blend of Taste and Visual Appeal

By Ayanda Dlamini  In our contemporary world, coffee has evolved from a mere beverage to a captivating art form. Beyond its energising properties, one of my favourite parts about coffee ...

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Hidden Gems: Allesverloren X One Durban - <p>Other than coffee shops, finding great hidden gems in the foodie and wine world is one of our other favourite things to do! Recently, we were invited to attend an unusual pairing of wines, personaliti...</p>

Hidden Gems: Allesverloren X One Durban

Other than coffee shops, finding great hidden gems in the foodie and wine world is one of our other favourite things to do! Recently, we were invited to attend an unusual pairing of wines, personaliti...

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Travel: Exploring the Istanbul Coffee Scene - <p>Words by Katie Burnett


Coffee has very deep roots in Turkey. From having their own brewing method, to one of the richest and oldest coffee histories in the world. This country is split between We...</p>

Travel: Exploring the Istanbul Coffee Scene

Words by Katie Burnett Coffee has very deep roots in Turkey. From having their own brewing method, to one of the richest and oldest coffee histories in the world. This country is split between We...

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The Gold Box Experience: Striving to be the best! - <p>The team at Gold Box Coffee, which stretches across two continents, is a fun-loving and competitive crew! We had the privilege of getting to know some of the wonderful humans from the Dubai Roastery d...</p>

The Gold Box Experience: Striving to be the best!

The team at Gold Box Coffee, which stretches across two continents, is a fun-loving and competitive crew! We had the privilege of getting to know some of the wonderful humans from the Dubai Roastery d...

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Cape Town Taxi Strikes: Impact on the Coffee Community - <p>Words by Ayanda Dlamini

Eerie images of closed cafes in a deserted CT CBD by Fikile Dlamini


The usually vibrant and energetic CBD of Cape Town came to a standstill over the last week...</p>

Cape Town Taxi Strikes: Impact on the Coffee Community

Words by Ayanda Dlamini Eerie images of closed cafes in a deserted CT CBD by Fikile Dlamini The usually vibrant and energetic CBD of Cape Town came to a standstill over the last week...

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Cafe Focus: Joon's Coffee Bar Gallery - <p>Joon’s Coffee Bar Gallery: a space for creatives by creatives 

by Ayanda Dlamini 


Joon’s Coffee Bar Gallery is what I would imagine Art School feels like. This space...</p>

Cafe Focus: Joon's Coffee Bar Gallery

Joon’s Coffee Bar Gallery: a space for creatives by creatives  by Ayanda Dlamini  Joon’s Coffee Bar Gallery is what I would imagine Art School feels like. This space...

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SA AeroPress Challenge: The Top 3 AeroPress recipes in SA - <p>We had an amazing time at the SA AeroPress Challenge 2023 where the semi-finalists had the opportunity to brew their recipes for the judges live at Creative Coffee Week.



The competition wa...</p>

SA AeroPress Challenge: The Top 3 AeroPress recipes in SA

We had an amazing time at the SA AeroPress Challenge 2023 where the semi-finalists had the opportunity to brew their recipes for the judges live at Creative Coffee Week. The competition wa...

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Quiz Time: How good is your coffee general knowledge? - <p>

How good is your coffee general knowledge
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Quiz Time: How good is your coffee general knowledge?

How good is your coffee general knowledge (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){var ql=document.querySelectorAll('A[quiz],DIV[quiz],A[data-quiz],DIV[data-quiz]'); if(ql){if(ql.length){for(var k=0;k...

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A Tale of Two Teachers: Stevo Kuhn and Joseph Matheatau - <p>Stevo Kuhn on his experience training blind barista, Joseph Matheatau, and how he turned it into a barista competition set that shook the room.

Interview by Katie Burnett


I asked Stevo Kuhn to...</p>

A Tale of Two Teachers: Stevo Kuhn and Joseph Matheatau

Stevo Kuhn on his experience training blind barista, Joseph Matheatau, and how he turned it into a barista competition set that shook the room. Interview by Katie Burnett I asked Stevo Kuhn to...

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Green Dot Cafe: Live life with a little spice! - <p>Words by Ayanda Dlamini


The same way people create bucket lists for experiences, or achievements they want to tick off in their lifetime,  I’m slowly but surely beginning to treat...</p>

Green Dot Cafe: Live life with a little spice!

Words by Ayanda Dlamini The same way people create bucket lists for experiences, or achievements they want to tick off in their lifetime,  I’m slowly but surely beginning to treat...

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SA AeroPress Challenge: Semi-finalists Announced! - <p>

On Friday 14th July at Origin Coffee Roasting, things got a little bit AeroPress crazy!

Each competitor had received their special delivery of Humble Coffee (thanks, Amy!), BWT water+...</p>

SA AeroPress Challenge: Semi-finalists Announced!

On Friday 14th July at Origin Coffee Roasting, things got a little bit AeroPress crazy! Each competitor had received their special delivery of Humble Coffee (thanks, Amy!), BWT water+...

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Cafe Inspiration: Spilt Milk and Sonder - <p>by Ayanda Dlamini 


I often experience moments of sonder. Especially because I’m a devoted café hopper and I commonly find myself people-watching. To set the scene for you, in th...</p>

Cafe Inspiration: Spilt Milk and Sonder

by Ayanda Dlamini  I often experience moments of sonder. Especially because I’m a devoted café hopper and I commonly find myself people-watching. To set the scene for you, in th...

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Under a Canopy of Green: An interview with Joseph Brodsky of Ninety Plus Coffee - <p>

The lush environment of the Panama mountains is home to some of the world’s finest coffee produced by the team from Ninety Plus Coffee

All images provided by Ninety Plus


Ninety ...</p>

Under a Canopy of Green: An interview with Joseph Brodsky of Ninety Plus Coffee

The lush environment of the Panama mountains is home to some of the world’s finest coffee produced by the team from Ninety Plus Coffee All images provided by Ninety Plus Ninety ...

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A Story of Hope: Ukranian Barista Champion Ruslan Demonenko wins hearts of the coffee world - <p>Words by Katie Burnett

Team images by Katie Burnett

Stage Images provided by SCA/World Coffee Events




“My name is Ruslan. I am 18 years old and just finished school. The last few m...</p>

A Story of Hope: Ukranian Barista Champion Ruslan Demonenko wins hearts of the coffee world

Words by Katie Burnett Team images by Katie Burnett Stage Images provided by SCA/World Coffee Events “My name is Ruslan. I am 18 years old and just finished school. The last few m...

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Summa in Winter - <p> by Ayanda Dlamini 


I’m hoping there’s some rational or psychological explanation as to why I crave ice-cream more in the middle of winter. I’ve found myself on many o...</p>

Summa in Winter

 by Ayanda Dlamini  I’m hoping there’s some rational or psychological explanation as to why I crave ice-cream more in the middle of winter. I’ve found myself on many o...

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Issue 44: Winter Edition 2023 - <p>

It's Aloe season here on the Southern tip of Africa and we are blooming excited (sorry, couldn't resist!) to share the Winter Edition of The Coffee Magazine with you.

We are thrilled to...</p>

Issue 44: Winter Edition 2023

It's Aloe season here on the Southern tip of Africa and we are blooming excited (sorry, couldn't resist!) to share the Winter Edition of The Coffee Magazine with you. We are thrilled to...

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New World Coffee Champions crowned at World of Coffee, Athens 2023 - <p>Words by Iain Evans


The dust is finally settling after an epic 4 days in Athens at SCA's World of Coffee and the World Coffee Competitions (WCC) and it was incredible to see a close knit crew...</p>

New World Coffee Champions crowned at World of Coffee, Athens 2023

Words by Iain Evans The dust is finally settling after an epic 4 days in Athens at SCA's World of Coffee and the World Coffee Competitions (WCC) and it was incredible to see a close knit crew...

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South Africans on the World of Coffee stage - <p>It was quite amazing to see so many familiar faces in Greece from our local coffee community, all pushing forward and making sure they're at the forefront of what's going on in the global coff...</p>

South Africans on the World of Coffee stage

It was quite amazing to see so many familiar faces in Greece from our local coffee community, all pushing forward and making sure they're at the forefront of what's going on in the global coff...

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Cafe Focus: Pablo Honey - <p>By Ayanda Dlamini


If Pablo Honey were to be personified, it would be that person who has a very intriguing fashion sense, the person who collects statement pieces and values vintage over any...</p>

Cafe Focus: Pablo Honey

By Ayanda Dlamini If Pablo Honey were to be personified, it would be that person who has a very intriguing fashion sense, the person who collects statement pieces and values vintage over any...

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