It has often been said, that the world’s problems are solved over a cup of coffee. Well, for months we had been drinking countless cups of coffee, pondering a way to redesign our logo. We simply lacked a vision that would mirror our name and bring market recognition. It wasn’t until Caitlin Truman-Baker, a graphic designer by trade, was having one of those doubleshot moments, that everything started to fall into place. Sipping on her daily flat white and totally oblivious to the fact that we wanted to change anything, Caitlin got a bee in her bonnet and started penning onto paper what she was experiencing at Doubleshot.
She shyly showed us and we were thrilled. Barely two months on and thanks to Caitlin, Doubleshot has reinvented itself. We love the way the font pours like latte art.
We’ve been experimenting with milk again. Our favourite to date comes from the Jerseys on the Packwood Country Estate near Fisanthoek, just 20km from Doubleshot! The milk has a butter-toffee richness when it meets the winter espresso from Espresso Lab.
Happy Jerseys (pic via Packwood Country Estate)
Cappas at Intelli Venice
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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
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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
Things started getting a little busy…
Better than the lottery jackpot?
Happy holidays 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
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