For those who haven’t visited in a while, you may notice the new work of art on the wall.

The artist is Andrea Francois Vercingetorige Cristoforetti, a regular to doubleshot. We love his open-mindedness which provokes thought and redefines traditions, which is also reflected in his architectural design at DODECA, which strives to seek harmony with nature. Here is a bit of detail…

 Who said biology isn’t creative?

One of the best parts of the painting, however, is not on the wall – it’s watching our local cheese maker from Fynboshoek Cheese Farm, Alje. Amongst other things, Alje is also a geneticist, and every Tuesday when he comes in to deliver his cheese, he sips a three-quarter cappuccino and stares at the painting with a huge smile on his face. He loves Andrea’s take on CHROMOSOMES!

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With our reopening we will be showcasing drawings that we brought back with us from Greg Lourens’s studio in Stellenbosch.  His work is awesomely beautiful and captivating,  and, up until now, fairly unknown in Plett and surrounds. Surely not for long…

Greg Lourens with his sensitively powerful drawings in pencil and coloured pencil

Greg said he would much rather have his art in public spaces and amongst people where many can access it, rather than in a gallery which just a few frequent. Already Greg’s drawing entitled “Gratitude” that he left with us after his first visit to doubleshot just a few weeks ago, has attracted so much attention and discussion and incredulous glances and second glances.

We hung Greg’s new work to doubleshot late on Friday night to see what it looks like; and they’re awesome: strong, powerful, subtely dominating, androgynous, and strangely beautiful.

It’s also confrontational, making the observer reflect and providing the window to change…

Check out his website for more.

Nothing too intellectual about this post, just some scenes from the best of doubleshot over the past few weeks!

The doubleshot sundial in action, time for a…

yes… one of those! Karin’s ‘artisan pour’…

Doubleshot art on early winter’s morning just before opening.  Tatum’s “Proteas”, Klaus Oppenheimer’s b&w photography, and a black&white photo by Marty, of a woman going through a Sangoma ritual…very interesting as it is reminiscent of a Leigh Bowery picture, slightly blurred and taken at an angle between an old lady’s leg and her walking stick…

After being away for a week, checking out coffee culture (or lack of it) in other far off places, we couldn’t wait to get back to doubleshot for a cappuccino. With most of our regulars fasting for the week, or drinking some greyish, bad-tasting caffeine at other cafés, we weren’t alone in our craving for something closer to caffeine religion. So, early on Monday morning with the sun rising over the ocean and doubleshot, we pulled the first shots…

pulling a quick shot before opening…

It seems as though word has spread in the week we were away. Where other establishments are complaining about an absolute slowdown in trade now that most of the tourists have migrated with the birds, doubleshot is growing, and caffeine is beating in the blood of many more locals. With Klaus Oppenheimer’s magnificent black&white landscape photo exhibition, as well as Ryan Arenson’s positive and negative black camelthorn trees from his solo exhibition based on the works of Pierneef, BLACK,WHITE and COLOURED, doubleshot seems to offer a perfect space for artists to meet and chat. But besides art, topics amongst our regulars shift from the much awaited surf-swell, Sangoma workshops and medicinal plants, to local politics, which is always a gripe…

Local photographer, Klaus Oppenheimer, with Karin

doubleshot during a power cut, which has become a common occurrence in SA!

Klaus Oppenheimers’ landscape photography on the walls of doubleshot …

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In other news:

While googling “doubleshot”, we couldn’t believe what we found on the www! We believe one of doubleshots’ first online reviews…

Cafe Society

And this from ‘Planet Plett‘…

“It even makes coffee
The new Double Shot Coffee Bar recently opened in Plett.  The concept was developed by two Lufthansa flight attendants who visited coffee bars all over the world, and combined the best elements into thier own coffee shop.
Located in the newly revamped centre, The Square (old Checkers centre), it boasts the fanciest coffee machine I have ever seen.  The Kees Van Der Western idrocompressor is worth a look.”