Hometown Advantage

After my recent blog on my 5 favourite coffee experiences in South Africa, the MoreFlavour team asked me to do the same on my favourite cafes in Durban

The Baratza Encore

The Baratza Encore

The Baratza Encore The coffee grinder of choice. Featuring 40 individual grind settings, from fine to coarse, the Encore can please any palate with its gamut of accurate and repeatable grind settings. The Encore has an accurate medium to coarse grind for the...
Fresh vs Stale coffee

Fresh vs Stale coffee

Fresh vs Stale coffee Stale coffee is what you get when roasted beans (or grounds) have been oxidized from exposure to oxygen; the more intense the exposure, the more quickly oxidized and stale your coffee will become. Other factors such as heat and moisture can also...

2017 World Barista Championship

Over 60 national barista champions from around the globe competed for the World Barista Champion title, live in front of the crowds at Cafe Show Seoul, host of the 2017 World Barista Championship. South Africa’s reigning barista champion, Winston Thomas certainly did us proud

21 Coffees In 21 Days

Follow 21 Coffees In 21 Days as they explore 21 Coffees in 21 Days with AeroPress, sharing all it has to offer over a virtual cuppa coffee. The Cape Town journey visited 21 coffee shops all around Cape Town, check the vlog here and stay tuned for the AeroPress journey...

What’s the deal with Cold Brew coffee?

Cold brew is coffee that’s brewed at room temperature or cold water over a 12 to 24-hour period. Unlike regular coffee, cold brew is never exposed to heat. Cold brew uses time, rather than heat to extract the coffee’s oils, sugars, and caffeine. Some interesting...

Giving DISRUPT a caffeine hit

DisruptHR is in Cape Town on the 12th October. DISRUPT is an information exchange designed to energize, inform and empower executives, business leaders and people in the HR field. It is a night of short focused talks from professionals who want to share their ideas on...

Why you should use a hand grinder

Why you should use a hand grinder The thing that defines great coffee, is freshly ground beans. We are sure you have seen all the automatic grinders out there at the various local coffee shops, and this is definitely the way to speed up the coffee making process on...

What really gets your beans going

What really gets your beans going Get your cup of coffee ready is an important part for the quality of a brewed cup. Making an excellent cup of coffee can be attributed to many things ,a good coffee machine or coffee device for brewing. Perhaps more importantly, a...