"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."
16 St Johns Rd, Kalk Bay, Cape Town, 7975, South Africa
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.
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.