doubleshot and the “fake boobs of coffee”

 

Craig Butcher in his Channel 4 feature, “A whole latte love“, portrays 8 baristi from around the world pouring latte art. Amongst them, is doubleshot coffeebar, pouring what Katie Carguilo of Counter Culture Coffee calls  ”the fake boobs of coffee, because it’s what’s on the inside that counts.”

And we agree entirely, at doubleshot we’d like to think our coffees come with both the looks and the personality…

Inner beauty. The beginnings of our coffee…

   

…’accessorised’ by the free pour…

   

…all shapes and sizes (the three-quarter)…

 

…have a heart of gold!

Photos courtesy of Daron Chatz

Easter Bunny to drink doubleshot before delivering eggs to Plettenberg Bay

Subsequent to reading about the performance enhancing effects of caffeine in the New York Times, the Easter Bunny has indicated that he intends to have a doubleshot coffee before delivering eggs to the children of Plettenberg Bay on Sunday morning.

Per the NYT:

“caffeine increases the power output of muscles by releasing calcium that is stored in the muscle. The effect can enable atheletes to keep going longer or to go faster in the same length of time”

The Easter Bunny has found itself under increasing pressure in Plett as the popular South African seaside town has grown in size over the last few years.

Easter art at doubleshot as egg-fever kicks in…

“He is particularly fond of the latte art at doubleshot… and of course, the freshly-made carrot juice!” a spokesperson for the Bunny  said.

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On the subject, EASTER OPENING HOURS AT DOUBLESHOT:

SATURDAY 11TH APRIL: 8am – 1pm

SUNDAY 12TH APRIL:     closed

MONDAY 13TH APRIL:   8am – 1pm

“What’s the attraction?”

Being a picturesque little seaside town in the heart of South Africa’s garden route, we had suspected things may pick up a little in Plettenberg Bay over holiday season…

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Things started getting a little busy…

Maybe it was false rumours of a free cappu-giveaway… or perhaps we were being mistaken for the national lottery ticket queue (actually around the corner), but some of the lines forming outside doubleshot over ’season’ have been simply unprecedented! We’ve been pulling so many shots, at times it felt our Kees Idrocompressor espresso machine was under more pressure than the global financial system.
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Better than the lottery jackpot?

On one of the days following Christmas, a couple who had seen the morning crowds came in a little later and asked what the attraction was. As much of a mystery to us, we replied: “Everything”. They asked for a freshly squeezed juice… smile.
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Happy holidays doubleshot…!

Photo session at doubleshot

Claire Sternberg, a photographer from Johannesburg, met with Plettenberg Bay’s photographer, Klaus Oppenheimer, at doubleshot, to shoot and document more than  just espresso shots.

 Photos by Claire Sternberg

latté art free pour!
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 Claire Sternberg, photographer and graphic designer at doubleshot

Eye candy… (25/08/2008)

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…

No sugar required! (21/08/2008)

Here’s a pic of our latté (he)art, left at the bottom of doubleshot’s three-quarter cappa. With our chocolatey-fruit-cakey kind of espresso shots, using Origin Roasting espresso blend, combined with beautifully micro-foamed milk, one doesn’t need sugar!

Latte he(art)…

If you link to Origin Coffee Roasters‘ website, you are confronted with “THE ARTISAN ROASTERS OF AFRICA”. At ORIGIN they source, roast, and blend with passion and dedication and supply us with their high quality coffee beans. They have a variety of coffee, both single origin as well as blends. We predominantly use their HOUSE ESPRESSO blend, a smooth blend of beans from six countries, including India, Guatemala, Indonesia, El Salvador, Dominican Republic and Rwanda. Soon we hope to be offering Single origin beans as a Filter Coffee alternative.

doubleshot mocha perfection, powered by Origin!