Search for the Great South African Cup of Coffee: Bravo
by Fred Roed on 21/02/07 at 12:37 am
3 comments
Bravo, an Italian bistro / coffee shop / restaurant in Mouille Point (Cape Town) was the venue for a get together with a new client. Upon arrival, I jumped straight to the most important item on the agenda, the cappuccino.
It arrived with a fanfare of beautiful presentation, ostentatious foam spiral towering up from the cup, chocolate sprinkles scattered with gay abandon across the top.
Nothing like a good looking cup of coffee to lift the tone of a meeting!
All was splendid until I swirled it over my sensitive palate. All of a sudden my mood soured. The flavour was a big disappointment, bland and meaningless. The texture was bubbly, which is a barista no-no, and it tasted like the milk was Everfresh – which is what a fellow-coffee lover dubbed ‘devil’s sperm’.
The venue is in a great location, and it has a nice italian feel. Bravo overlooks the Atlantic Ocean, and on a cold winter’s day, it has good potential for a Friday soirée over pizza and beer. If you’re looking for outstanding coffee, however, rather take a stroll across the parking lot to CaffeNeo.
Location: Beach Rd, Mouille Point, Cape Town
Internet: 100% iBurst was all I could ascertain.
Plugpoints: Yes – they were very accommodating.
Cappuccino price: R12
Meeting potential out of ten: 7
Coffee rating out of ten: 5 (I gave it an extra point for presentation)
Fred Roed is the marketing guy in the Ideate crew. Fred is the CEO of web marketing company World Wide Creative and the co-founder of online learning portal Heavy Chef. Fred loves writing about people out there doing marketing right. Follow Fred on Twitter here. View more articles by Fred Roed.
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Peter
Feb 22nd, 2007
The Bluebox idea of having good ‘inhouse’ coffee is quite a good one. The best coffee on the go 8 hours a day, your cup is always ‘half full’!!!
Nicola
Apr 13th, 2007
I think the froth is a bit over the top, probably to disguise the taste of the actual coffee. Although I have to say the coffee at Cafe Neo is one of the worst coffees I have had taste wise (apart from SA instant coffee – which is another thing that needs its own blog). I obviously have very English tastes.
But I am very willing to try these places, to give a second opinion.
Fred
Apr 14th, 2007
Nic – this has always been a subjective column and slightly self-defeating to my well-versed argument about single person ratings (movie, wine, restaurant reviews) as being skewed and unrealistic.
The coffee thing is very much a tongue in cheek affair, and so, in the spirit of keeping things honest, your second opinions are much welcome!