Greek Coffee is the most popular drink in Greece. It’s a ritual of daily life, consumed at home, at work, and in coffee houses that thrive in even the smallest Greek village. Sharing a cup of coffee is a sign of friendship as well as an excuse to catch up on the day’s events, flirt…
Coffee is produced in several countries throughout the world. At Strictly Coffee we stock our Coffee Club with some of the best coffee beans in the world – bringing you taste’s from around the world. Below are some of the biggest producers. Brazil grows roughly a third of the world’s coffee. Much of the specialty…
Besides being the much needed boost in the morning, coffee is also being increasingly used as a cosmetic. There are a lot of products that now make use of coffee in order to help you take care of your skin. Source Of Antioxidants CoffeeBerry is a range of patented product that has been developed…
Winter is fast approaching in the Cape, shorter days and longer evenings lend themselves to warm fire places and warm drinks. One that has been with us for a long time is the humble Irish Coffee. Below is the tale of how this humble drink came into being and has crept into our hearts –…
While there are several different coffee species, two main species of coffee are cultivated today. Coffea arabica, known as Arabica coffee, accounts for 75-80 percent of the world’s production. Coffea canephora, known as Robusta coffee, accounts for about 20 percent and differs from the Arabica coffees in terms of taste. While Robusta coffee beans are…
Growing Coffee Beans at Home Growing coffee plants at home is a rewarding experience that will help you learn and appreciate the work involved in producing coffee. It is a very easy plant to take care of and is a great conversation piece, especially during flowering or cherry development. Germinating Coffee Beans If coffee…
Don’t get tired of grinding your own coffee. Return to the daily grind and enjoy the taste of fresh coffee. Every time you buy fresh coffee beans and ask the Barista at the Strictly Coffee shop to grind your beans you are opening up the “flavor cells” and causing your beans to begin losing their…
If you have ever been in a top quality coffee shop like Strictly Coffee, you’ve probably seen Kenyan brands of coffee listed. But did you know that Kenyan coffee is considered by connoisseurs to be one of the world’s top coffees? Known for its premium brand, Kenya AA coffee, Kenya produces some of the world’s…
Malawi Coffee is meticulously processed and graded, using internationally approved standards and quality control measures, to provide a high quality offering. Relatively unknown, Malawi coffee has of recent times made extensive developments in quality control, throughout from coffee producing (from harvest to green bean), in the brewing and cupping thereof and finally in packaging and…
The coffee shop concept is very much a part of today’s life style. But few people know the actual story, tradition and social side of coffee shops or coffee houses, as they are also called. Coffee these days is something as usual as waking up in the morning and smelling its hot flavor. But it…