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Truth Coffee RoastingCity Centre, Cape Town

★★★PuristDestination coffee

Buitenkant St0.4 mi from City Centre centrelast reviewed April 2026

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.

The roastery that draws international coffee pilgrims to Cape Town.

4.5★★★★½(5,644)
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Roasts on-sitePour-over

What we love

  • •Own roastery on-site; home-roasted coffee is the product, not the backstory.
  • •V60 and Clever Dripper both on the menu; named brew methods with real extraction accountability.
  • •International reputation serious enough that visitors fly in specifically for this.
  • •Baristas replaced a drink unprompted when extraction fell short.

Location

36 Buitenkant St, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa

637m from City Centre centre

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