Archive for 'Coffee'
Search for the Great South African Cup of Coffee: Vida e Caffe
This is the one everyone has been waiting for. I popped into the new-ish branch of Vida e Caffe in Gardens, Cape Town and ordered a Cappuccino ‘Solo’. It did not disappoint – It has a taste-bud-stroking, syrupy thickness, with lots of flavour. Afterwards it sits comfortably in the corners of your mouth, the flavour [...]
Search for the Great South African Cup of Coffee: CaffeNeo
This is my most frequented site over the past couple of weeks. I’m on the road a lot: popping into clients, meeting new customers and attending various talks and networking soirées – and so, finding good places to gather can be a bit of challenge. CaffeNeo has effectively cornered the Atlantic Seaboard for me. Nothing [...]
Search for the Great South African Cup of Coffee: News Cafe
Last week I had 45 mins to burn in town, so I settled at the News Café next to Artscape. When the cappuccino arrived, I almost predestined it to be poor. This is a franchise after all. We’re talking somewhere between Spur and Starbucks – so the coffee is part of a mass-market system. Upon [...]
Search for the Great South African Cup of Coffee: Josephine Mill
Had a couple of meetings today. At 1pm I ended up at Caveau (otherwise known as Josephine Mill), coffee shop, restaurant, lunch bar and general all-round watering hole for Southern Suburbs executives. It’s directly opposite the Newlands rugby ground, and the parking attendant instructed me solemnly ‘Don’t get too drunk!’ as I walked towards the [...]
Business Friendly Caffeine Spot
Laptop wielding, coffee drinking entrepreneurs are not always appreciated at local coffee shops and for sometime now the boys in the studio have been talking about one day starting a ‘business friendly’ coffee spot. We even threw around a really cool name (Mullet – business in the front, party in the back!) and emphasised the [...]
