Sourcing
Green beans come through two importers in Cape Town. The Uganda and Colombia lots are bought on relationship contracts we have held since 2019.
Small batches,
dated and signed
Speciality roasters in Bloemfontein since 2016. Seven coffees, roasted in small batches on one drum, a few hundred metres from the people who drink them.
The claim that matters is not “the finest quality”. It is the date on the bag, the altitude the beans grew at, and the fact that you can walk in and watch the drum turn.
From green to ground
Profiling
Every lot is cupped three times before it goes on sale: green, at the trial roast, and again a week later. Adriaan signs it off.
Roasting
Twelve-kilogram batches, three mornings a week. Rested four days, then bagged with the date printed on the front.
Out the door
Into the café, onto the shelf, into the van, and into the courier bag the same week.
The name
Three meanings, one word
- ’n koppie koffie — Afrikaans for a cup of coffee. The brand has a greeting built in: Nog ’n koppie?
- die koppies — the low hills on every Free State horizon. Local, without a flag or a flower on it.
- 1 Koppie Street — the actual address. The name is the door number.
Seven coffees, all roasted here
Three blends and four single origins. Every bag carries its origin, altitude, process and the date it came off the drum.
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