Truth Coffee Roasting earned its international reputation here, roasting on-site in the CBD. Cedar Hatch is the pour-over bar tucked inside a sneaker store.
Destination coffee.
Cedar Coffee Roasters put their café inside a CBD sneaker store on St Georges Mall. The pour-overs through a Timemore Crystal Eye Dripper are the best in Cape Town.
Truth roasts on-site and has earned a global reputation for it. This is the kind of cafe that makes everything you drink afterwards feel like a step down.
Properly excellent.
The everyday answer.
The barista takes the coffee personally, which is rarer than it should be in the City Centre. Good value, local art on the walls, and a cup worth going back for.
Kasteel roasts the house blend in-house on Castle Street: dark chocolate and nut, traditional drum roasting. The City Centre doesn't have many cafes doing that.
The coffee on Long St is usually forgettable. Hey Stranger is where Khutso makes it count.
The coffee is 100% African-origin, served double as standard; the house Salisbury Street Blend is on the counter if you want it to take away. One of the few spots on Bree Street where the espresso is as intentional as the food.
Long Street espresso done with genuine attention. Retail beans on your way out if you want them.