BARISTA STORY: ISHAN NATALIE 2009, 2010 & 2015 SA BARISTA CHAMP
Ishan Natalie got his start in coffee 16 years ago, “I was in my first year of University on a journey to become an accountant and grew up in my dad’s business. Growing up in the business and getting out more into the general world, I wanted independence from the family business and to avoid […]
Joel's World Barista Championship Reflections
Winston is on his way to Seoul Korea to represent South Africa at the World Barista Championships in a couple of weeks’ time. We at Origin are all very excited to have him represent us, and Cape Town, South African and African coffee and all of our barista & coffee professionals. It’s given me an […]
Coffee Culture in Seoul Korea
For thousands of years, tea was the go-to drink in Korean culture, in the last few decades however, coffee has emerged as the beverage of choice. One of the most common observations by travellers is that they cannot believe the sheer number of cafes and the hordes of locals that flocked to them. In Seoul […]
BARISTA STORY: WAYNE OBERHOLZER 2012 & 2016 SA BARISTA CHAMP
Wayne Oberholzer got his start in coffee 9 years ago as a way to pay for his commercial pilot’s license. Fast forward to today, Wayne has won SA Barista champs twice and gone on to represent South Africa twice at the World Barista Championships (WBC 2012 and 2016) and once at the World Cup Tasters […]
WBC 2017 Competition Preparation
The past few weeks have been awfully busy. Other than the usual working schedule at Origin I have also been preparing for the WBC. Although I cannot reveal too much before I compete, I would like to share some experiences leading up to the competition. Working under pressure I’ve never been one to start a […]
New Coffee Release: Ethiopia Guji - Natural
Like Yirgacheffe, coffees from the Guji area were previously categorised together with coffees from Sidamo which is actually a very wide geographical classification encompassing much of central and southern Ethiopia. However, Guji coffees are said to be quite distinct from either Yirgacheffe or Sidamo coffee. Located in the southern portion of Sidamo the people of […]
My UK coffee culture experience
My overseas travel seems to have coincided with my coffee career. I embarked on my first trip abroad not long after starting my job as a barista at Origin in 2014. Since then I have been on 3 more trips, the most recent a trip to London UK. This was by far my most insightful. […]