Hudson St0.1 mi from Bo-Kaap & De Waterkant centrelast reviewed April 2026
Cape Town's benchmark specialty roaster, and the standard every other cafe in the city gets measured against. Order whatever's rotating and trust the process.
The Cape Town roastery whose barista academy became a school of its own.
The One Coffee · 15 May
Cape Town's specialty scene was built on own-roastery operations, several of them going back fifteen years or more.
Richaro's Ramblings · 14 Aug
I am writing this from Ponta Delgada, where the coffee in front of me was roasted about four streets away. Normally that is the whole story.
Hudson St0.1 mi from Bo-Kaap & De Waterkant centrelast reviewed April 2026
Cape Town's benchmark specialty roaster, and the standard every other cafe in the city gets measured against. Order whatever's rotating and trust the process.
The Cape Town roastery whose barista academy became a school of its own.
28 Hudson St, De Waterkant, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa
93m from Bo-Kaap & De Waterkant centre
The One Coffee · 15 May
Cape Town's specialty scene was built on own-roastery operations, several of them going back fifteen years or more.
Richaro's Ramblings · 14 Aug
I am writing this from Ponta Delgada, where the coffee in front of me was roasted about four streets away. Normally that is the whole story.
Rosetta has been roasting small-batch single-origins since 2010, the benchmark for specialty coffee in South Africa. The Bree Street counter is where you find out why.
The De Waterkant pod of Treat Coffee Roasters brings the Durbanville roastery programme to the city, with farm-named single origins rotating through the bar.
The De Waterkant neighbourhood has no shortage of serious coffee. Espresso Lab Microroasters has been roasting since 2009, and the locals here, surrounded by options, still rate it.