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The Coffee Roasting Company

Welcome to The Coffee Roasting Company.

You can find us on Lourensford Wine Estate (at the top of Lourensford Rd)

O Coffee! Thou dost dispel all care, thou are the object of desire to the sholar. This is the beverage of the friends of God. "In Praise of Coffee" - Arabic poem (1511).

The coffee tree is indigenous to the rain forests of Ethiopia. It is a small tree that still grows today under the Ethiopian rain forest canopy, mostly higher up on the mountainsides.

Our Philosophy

We are one of the pioneers of the specialty coffee roasting in South Africa and have been operating our roastery on Lourensford Estate since 2003.

We are focused on roasting outstanding coffees and delivering them fresh.

What makes the coffee from The Coffee Roasting Co. special?

In our roastery on Lourensford farm we do things differently. We focus on sourcing the highest quality single-origin handpicked highland Arabica green beans from the world's prime growing regions - the strong, unique tastes in coffee - and we make them available within the day of roasting. Handpicking only selects the ripe red coffee fruit, which results in a pure taste. Our clients know exactly where their coffee comes from. We don't create "secret" blends (yes, no "mocha-java" blend) - we use our single origin coffees as the components of our blend and publish it here. We use the latest & best state-of-the-art infrared drum-roasting technology and roast the coffee in small batches by hand with skill. We only air-quench. We go to great lengths to get the roasted coffee to our coffee loving clients as soon as possible after roasting using our roast-to-order system - we deliver daily roaster-to-door. We always label our coffees with the roasting date (which, for the coffee consumer, is far more useful information than a "best before" date: for best taste coffee should always be consumed within the first two to three weeks after roasting). In short, we do it entirely differently.

Our coffee shop Ambiance.

Our coffee shop has a warm, relaxed and rustic Bohemian charm to it. We will make you feel right at home. Come smell the freshly-brewed aroma of our handpicked Arabic coffee blends in our own roastary. We are well known for our freshly brewed coffee. We are very traditional and family friendly. We know our customers by heart and by name. Come join in the hustle and bustle of our company.

Dress Code

Casual

Range of coffee blends

We have a lovely range of blends. Mild Full-bodied Bright CO2 Decaf. Go to our website to buy online.
FREE local delivery in Somerset West, Strand, Stellenbosch and Gordon's Bay. Please get your order to us before 10h00 so that we can roast and package your coffee. R15 per delivery in the Cape Peninsular Main Areas.

Other options for delivery: Local Post Office Counter, South Africa, Courier Company, Main Centers