Rebel with a cause: Bootlegger

Rebel with a cause: Bootlegger

Bootlegger Coffee started as a single Sea Point café and now has 107 locations nationally, sold five million cups of coffee last year, roasted 400 tonnes of coffee year and employs 3500 people directly and indirectly.  It started in 2013 when three cyclists –...
More than a coffee: the rise of the luxury café.

More than a coffee: the rise of the luxury café.

Not so long ago, ordering a coffee meant choosing between black or white. Today, you might find yourself debating between a single-origin Ethiopian pour-over, a house-made oat milk cortado, or a latter served in a ceramic cup sourced from a local artisan – in a space...
How Tashas became a global lifestyle brand

How Tashas became a global lifestyle brand

Twenty years ago, Natasha Sideris opened a single restaurant in a neighbourhood shopping centre in Atholl, Johannesburg. The plan was modest: create a welcoming daytime space, write a cookbook, maybe go to university to study psychology. Instead, she built one of...