Search for the Great South African Cup of Coffee: Bravo
by Fred 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. He runs a web marketing company called World Wide Creative and loves writing about people out there doing marketing right. View more articles by Fred.
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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!