(Kgune Dlamini from Lineage Coffee, the winner of the 2019 KZN Barista Competition, here with 2018 winner Dieter Liebenberg. Photo: The Coffee Magazine) After placing third at the KZN Coffee Competitions last year (2018) and sixth at Nationals this year (2019), Kgune...
Congratulations to all our KwaZulu-Natal Region Coffee Competitions winners! All three competitors have qualified for the National Coffee Competitions in March 2020. The Barista Specialty Awards went to (as determined in the semi-final round): ⭐️ Best...
KwaZulu-Natal's 2019 Regional Coffee Competitions will comprise of three disciplines: The Cup Tasters Competition, the Latte Art Competition and the Barista Competition, running 7-9 November at The Pearls Mall in Umhlanga, Durban (6 - 8 Lagoon Drive, 4320 Umhlanga...
Meet Hilary Gwaze from Zimbabwe now residing in Jeffreys Bay. Hilary placed second in 2018 but came back strong this year to win the Eastern Cape's Barista Competition. Tell us a bit more about yourself? Who you work for and how you got into coffee? l'm a Zimbabwean...
Earl Higgins from Brioche Food & Coffee put in a magical performance to claim victory in the Latte Art discipline at 2019's Eastern Cape Coffee Competitions. Meet the man who got the final nod from the judges. Tell us a bit more about yourself? Where are you from?...
From scrubs to brewing coffee. Meet Kyle Grebe, the coffee drinking doctor who recently won the Eastern Cape Region's Cup Tasters competition with his first attempt. Tell us a bit more about yourself? Who do you work for? How did you get into coffee? I’m originally...
Congratulations to all our Eastern Cape Region Coffee Competitions winners. Hillary Gwaze from Infood Coffee Roastery was the winner of the Barista Competition with last year's winner, Raymond Roesstorff from Wiesenhof Coffee second. The Barista Specialty Awards went...
The Eastern Cape's 2019 Regional Coffee Competitions will comprise of three disciplines: The Cup Tasters Competition, the Latte Art Competition and the Barista Competition, running 4-5 October at Father's House Church in Port Elizabeth (30 Paterson Road). 2019's...
(Photo: Justin Groep) Winston Thomas back into competition in 2019 after taking a year off. The two time National Champion (2017 & 2018) had quite the busy year, after winning the 2019 African Fine Coffee Association's (AFCA) Barista Championship earlier in the...
Tess Schmidt is the 2019 Western Cape Region Cup Tasters Champion (Photo: Justin Groep). Newly crowned cup tasting champion, Tess Schmidt, from Sevenoaks Trading shares her coffee story with us. Tess met Leigh Wentzel from Rosetta Roastery in the Western Cape region's...