For our family trip, we decided to explore Los Angeles and all I could think of was finding the best coffee spots to try. We stayed in Venice Beach and there were 3 coffee spots close by – Intelligentsia Coffee, Blue Bottle Coffee and Menotti’s Coffee. Intelligentsia Coffee We only got to Los Angeles around …
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Being South African, our December holidays are always boiling hot, we replace Christmas jumpers with dresses and shorts. This will be my second cold Christmas in San Francisco but to make it even more magical, we decided to find some snow and make it a White Christmas. I’ve now been here for just over a year …
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Over Thanksgiving weekend, my husband and I visited Houston. My cousin lives there with her husband and their beautiful baby boy. I slowly explored the coffee scene in Houston last year, but this time, I came prepared with a list of a few places I wanted to try. Our coffee journey started at Tiny Boxwoods. …
Bean Authentic This little coffee shop is a hidden gem in the Northern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa. Firstly, you are hit with the smell of beans roasting as soon as you enter Bean Authentic. Secondly, the owner is also there serving customers and ready for a chat about coffee, which I absolutely love. …
Finally, I am getting round to write about Equator Coffee and my flat white experience. I am fascinated with brands, so Equator Coffee’s brand is quite intriguing with Equator as the brand name and a tiger as the brand logo. After doing some online desk research, I couldn’t quite figure out the history behind the …
It’s the first time that I’m celebrating Labor Day weekend in San Francisco and it’s been a great weekend so far. We started off celebrating with new friends over dinner at our place, then decided to take a very easy Sunday. I’ve wanted to try Saint Frank Coffee for a while now and finally decided …
I love a good breakfast and all my family and friends know this about me. Back in Cape Town, my weekends were always filled with an outing to a cute little breakfast spot with great tasting flat whites. It’s a little different here in San Francisco, as a breakfast outing is swapped with brunch and the …
Since moving to San Francisco, Dynamo Donut + Coffee has become a regular spot I stop at when I go on my weekend walks. I love to walk and try to do as much walking as possible, stopping to get a coffee along the way as a little treat. Coming from a place where I …
I’ve been living in San Francisco for the past 9 months and I’ve only found one coffee shop with “Flat White” on their menu so far. Instead, I just ask for a flat white when ordering. It is hit or miss and most times I do end up with a cappuccino or short latte. I’ve …
When I moved to San Francisco, my husband wanted to find me a great little coffee spot that I could walk too when I missed home. This is when I introduced to Wrecking Ball Coffee Roasters and when we first visited the store, the song “Wrecking Ball” by Miley Cyrus popped into my head. Love …
