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The foundation stone to any decent drip coffee

“Adaptation, improvisation…but your weakness is not your technique.”

3 min readMar 15, 2017

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The foundation stone to any decent drip coffee

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Rosetta Roastery

We did something pretty flipping rare…and then this happened.

I know, right! A clickbait header. Very tacky. But so be it, because what we’re doing is, yay verily, rare, amazing, and worthy of a few…

3 min readDec 7, 2016

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We did something pretty flipping rare…and then this happened.

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Rosetta Roastery

What is a coffee factory? And why should you care?

Recently, as we welcomed the arrival of our new Kenyan Kiaga AA, we got thinking about coffee picking and all its permutations. Mostly we…

4 min readAug 24, 2016

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What is a coffee factory? And why should you care?

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Rosetta Roastery needs more hands on deck.

We are looking to hire inspired individuals to build on the foundations that exist here at Rosetta Roastery. Are you passionate about…

3 min readApr 14, 2016

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Rosetta Roastery needs more hands on deck.

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Rosetta Roastery

Coffee, cafes & the quest for good value

“I need 72% profit on each cup”, said the Cape Town (serial) restaurateur matter-of-factly. He had popped in to discuss the possibility of…

6 min readMar 9, 2016

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Coffee, cafes & the quest for good value

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How much should a cup of specialty coffee cost in Cape Town?

A list of 50 cafes and what they charge the public for a cup of coffee.

5 min readDec 1, 2015

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How much should a cup of specialty coffee cost in Cape Town?

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What is the difference between a R50 bag of coffee and a R150 bag of coffee?

How much would you pay for a bag of coffee? And if all coffee is essentially the same, then why is there such a huge price variance from…

8 min readOct 14, 2015

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What is the difference between a R50 bag of coffee and a R150 bag of coffee?

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How Espresso Blends Lie to You and Steal Your Joy

A short piece on how coffee lovers lose out by drinking the house blend at their local cafe.

6 min readJan 9, 2015

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How Espresso Blends Lie to You and Steal Your Joy

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“Excuse me, I heard you saying that you’d like a monkey, and that’s a horrible idea.”

A post eaves-drop response to James and Tim

3 min readDec 4, 2014

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Rosetta Roastery and the Yirgacheffe

What is a Yirgacheffe? How do you spell it? And why can you never drink only one?

4 min readNov 15, 2014

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Rosetta Roastery and the Yirgacheffe

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Rosetta Roastery

Rosetta Roastery

We're Cape Town's exclusive single origin roastery. We source and roast the world's finest coffees, each as full of character as the people who drink them.

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