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Coffee shop etiquette

COFFEE SHOP ETIQUETTE: THE UNWRITTEN RULES OF WORKING FROM YOUR FAVOURITE COFFEE SHOP!

WORDS: SHIRLEY WILLIAMS As we gear up for this year’s Battle of the Beans, it’s the perfect time to celebrate the independent coffee shops, baristas and coffee lovers who make…

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KZN’S BARISTAS: THE GRAFFITI ARTISTS OF THE COFFEE WORLD

There is a special kind of artist at work in coffee shops across KwaZulu-Natal.Like graffiti artists who transform blank walls into moments of beauty, baristas create intricate works of art…

Battle of the Beans coffee gathering

WHY WE ALWAYS GO BACK TO THAT COFFEE SHOP

If you’re a coffee lover, you’ll know the feeling. You walk past dozens of cafés, yet your feet take you to the same one again and again. It’s not always…

Dr Marsha Gabriel, South Africa’s honorary consul to Ethiopia

TIME FOR KZN TO SMELL THE COFFEE SAYS DIPLOMAT

KwaZulu-Natal’s coffee industry should “get up and smell the coffee” if it hopes to secure a meaningful share of one of the world’s most lucrative consumer markets. That was the…

Craig Charity from Lineage, winner of the Battle of the Beans

BATTLE OF THE BEANS REWARDS TOP COFFEE SHOPS AT AWARDS CEREMONY

Lineage Hillcrest was crowned the Battle of the Beans 2025 Top Coffee Shop in KZN at an awards ceremony on Friday night (30 January) at the Grand White in Durban.…

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MEET THE JUDGES: DAVE BALLANCE

My first recollection of coffee was during a stay with my aunt and her family on their farm in Zimbabwe. They had this huge kitchen, well it seemed huge to…

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