Ballito Umhl - NOV 2020
Let's celebrate the start of Summer and the end of 2020! Meet Umhlanga’s coolest Barista duo. WIN a weekend away for the family. African flavours at Simbithi’s Fig Tree. Amazing MAKEOVER for a Sheffield Beach bachelor flat.
Let's celebrate the start of Summer and the end of 2020! Meet Umhlanga’s coolest Barista duo. WIN a weekend away for the family. African flavours at Simbithi’s Fig Tree. Amazing MAKEOVER for a Sheffield Beach bachelor flat.
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Meet Njabula Bekwa<br />
He is friendly, approachable and quite<br />
trendy - and 24-year-old Njabula<br />
knows how to make a mean cup<br />
of coffee. Having joined Rox Coffee<br />
Company in December last year,<br />
Durban-born Njabula has been<br />
making coffee pretty much since he<br />
left school. He’s passionate about the<br />
work he does and says his favourite<br />
part is meeting new people and<br />
getting to know the regulars. Njabula’s<br />
favourite coffee to make is a Cortado,<br />
which he makes with two double<br />
shots of coffee and the same amount<br />
of milk. Rox Coffee Company uses<br />
their own brand of Arabica coffee<br />
beans and Njabula makes everything<br />
from cappuccinos to lattes and<br />
everything in between. How does<br />
he like his coffee? Strong, and not<br />
too hot. Njabula hopes to one day<br />
own his own coffee shop because he<br />
believes it’s a good business to be in –<br />
and he really loves what he does. We<br />
asked Njabula what he thinks make<br />
a good barista, “I think character and<br />
personality are a big part it,” he said.<br />
We couldn’t agree more!<br />
Rox Coffee Company is situated on the<br />
beautiful <strong>Umhl</strong>anga beach promenade<br />
Meet Bongani Sikhakhane<br />
Also born and bred in Durban,<br />
Bongani says he absolutely loves what<br />
he does. He started making coffee<br />
more than 10 years ago and has been<br />
working at Rox since 2017. One of<br />
Bongani’s career highlights was being<br />
named ‘Best Barista in Glenwood’ in<br />
2009. One of his favourite coffees is<br />
a Cafe Mocha, which he makes with<br />
espresso, chocolate powder and milk,<br />
but his absolute favourite is his own<br />
creation called Bongani’s Bliss, which<br />
is made with goji berries, coconut<br />
milk, chocolate powder and coffee!<br />
Yum! While Bongani says he doesn’t<br />
necessarily want to own his own<br />
coffee shop one day, he does hope to<br />
have his own business in the coffee<br />
industry . . . perhaps sourcing and<br />
supplying coffee. Asked where he<br />
thinks the best coffee beans come<br />
from Bongani says definitely Ethiopia<br />
… somewhere he dreams of one day<br />
visiting!<br />
Details: Rox Coffee Company, <strong>Umhl</strong>anga<br />
Beach Promenade, <strong>Umhl</strong>anga Rocks, FB:<br />
Rox-Coffee-Company, 076 886 0107<br />
November <strong>2020</strong> Get It • <strong>Ballito</strong> <strong>Umhl</strong>anga 31
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