A little Tuesday morning inspiration… Via Tripwire Magazine

Nine reasons more than you actually need.

1. Your eyes stay open when you sneeze. 2. Your child’s name is Yirgacheffe. 3. You don’t sweat, you percolate. 4. You’ve built a mini Colosseum out of little plastic stirrers. 5. You’re offended when people use the word “brew” to refer to beer. 6. You have a picture of your coffee mug on your [...]

Your take away cup is handier than you think…..

via The Oatmeal

1. If tea was that cool why did they not call it a Tea Table? 2. In Marlon Brando’s screen test for The Godfather he shadowed his eyes, stuffed his cheeks with tissues and sat eating fruit and drinking an espresso. Think he would have got the part had it been scones and tea instead? [...]

The Best of Cape Town has joined forces with jazz musician, Arn-I, for a three-day journey into the worlds of coffee and music. The first gig kicks off at Origin today at 1pm and will include a closer look at the intricacies of coffee and its history. If you can’t make today’s gig, Arn-I will [...]

The dates have been set!

Please note that the dates for the Cape Town Barista Championship have changed. It has now been confirmed for the 3rd – 6th October at the Table Bay Hotel. Get your hands on a registration form here.

Just a reminder about the screening of Black Gold tonight and tomorrow night at the Labia (on Orange) at 6:15pm. The screening is part of the Fairtrade Coffee Week campaign.