"Folk runs Espresso Concepts, a working roastery with 30 years behind Terry the roast master. That's serious coffee pedigree in a neighbourhood that doesn't advertise it."
54 Main Rd, St James, Cape Town, 7945, South Africa
Old-school Kalk Bay institution where the baking has drawn people across Cape Town for years. Truth Coffee on espresso makes the cup worth having.
Winston is a South African Barista Champion and roasts every bean in the cup. Order the Ethiopian anaerobic natural as a pour-over; it's what serious coffee travellers cite when asked for the best they've had.
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.