The South African coffee scene is so exciting. We have so many fabulous coffee spots and shops to choose from with owners and baristas putting their all into making a perfectly delicious cup of coffee for their customers to savour. What also gives me joy is seeing the owners of coffee shops using locally roasted
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FNB Creative Coffee Week Made Huge Strides for #lovecoffee
FNB Creative Coffee Week wrapped up in Durban on Saturday, 29 June with participants from the coffee industry committed to improving the lives of baristas, coffee farmers and roasters. Over 250 of the coffee industry’s top influencers met in Durban for three days to workshop the significant issues in coffee, while learning about global trends
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Travel
Marvellous Midlands
It is always such a blessing to be able to stay in the Marvellous Midlands of KZN and for the 3rd year in a row I have stayed at the wonderful Midlands Saddle & Trout. I have written about the accommodation at Saddle & Trout and various places to visit in the vicinity before –
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Subscribe to Coffee
Do you want to expand your coffee horizons by trying coffee from South African roasters? Here are a few companies that I have found where you can Subscribe to Coffee : Discover Great Coffee Club Get 6 selected coffee’s delivered directly to your door. Select a once off delivery for R540.00 or an
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Event
Nescafé Dolce Gusto Pop Up Store
There is nothing like the smell of freshly brewed coffee – freshly brewed proper coffee! If you have been following me for awhile here on the website or on my social media you would have seen that I am a coffee purist. You will find NO instant coffee in my house but you will find
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Lots of #lovecoffee in Jhb and Pretoria
At the beginning of March I did my annual trip up to Jhb to spend a week with my sister and to attend Hobby-X at the TicketPro Dome. It is always a very, very, very busy week and we try to pack in as much as possible every day. Of course on our must do
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News
TRULIFE – Empowering the Next Generation
TRULIFE is an NPO that believes that educating and inspiring South Africa’s youth today will lead them to make better decisions for their and our country’s future. Trulife uses dance, drama, slam poetry, workshops and digital media to tackle topics such as human trafficking, bullying, substance abuse and self-identity. They believe that awareness leads to prevention,
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SCASA National Coffee Competitions 2019
The Speciality Coffee Association of Southern Africa’s National Coffee Competition took place this past weekend (21 – 24 February) at the Ballito Lifestyle Centre in KwaZulu-Natal. Coffee aficionados from across South Africa competed in Latte Art, Cup Tasting and Barista events. It was a hard fought competition notwithstanding the terrible heat with competitors, judges and
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Review
WillowBrew Coffee Merchants
What do you do if you move to another country and battle to find a comparable coffee to the coffee that you are used to drinking daily? Well if you are Santo and Silvana Mengoli you join forces with the entrepreneurial Dewkaran family and import genuine Italian coffee. Newly launched in December 2018, WillowBrew Coffee