There is nothing quite so satisfying as lingering at a pleasant coffee shop with a freshly-brewed cup at your elbow and your favourite magazine on the table in front of you. I indulge in this pastime as often as I can, and during the course of doing this I have built up a list of my favourite coffee shops in Cape Town. Most of these are in the Southern Peninsula, for the simple reason that that's typically where I am over weekends. Here is my list (my current favourites are flagged with a red asterisk):

	Coffee Shop	Address	Phone	Coffee Brand	The Pantry in Tokai Ou Meul Bakery in Cape Town Peregrine Cafe near Grabouw
*	Peak Connect Cafe	72 Main Road Fish Hoek (see my blog)	021 782 0659
*	The Station Blend	Corner Irene Way &     Houmoed Avenue  Noordhoek	021 785 2206
	Gaslight Cafe	Surfers' Corner  Beach Road Muizenberg	021 788 6994
	The Pantry	Tokai Junction Shopping     Centre Corner Tokai & Main Roads Tokai (see my blog)	021 712 6599
	It's a Grind	SPAR Convenience Store  67 Rosmead Avenue Kenilworth	021 683 3244	Caturra
	Honeybun Deli	Corner Lower Main &     Trill Roads Observatory (see my blog)	021 447 0606
	Food Lover's Market	Corner Loop Street &     Hans Strijdom Avenue Cape Town	021 425 2814	Zicaffe
	Ou Meul Bakery	Corner Riebeek &     Long Streets Cape Town (see my blog)	021 419 0662	Bootlegger
	Origin	28 Hudson Street  De Waterkant Cape Town	021 421 1000	Origin Roast
And also ...
	Peregrine Farm Stall	Off the N2 National Road  Elgin Valley Grabouw (see my blog) Western Cape	021 848 9011	Origin Roast
	The Hoek Espresso Bar	Corner Daniel Hugo &     Reservoir Streets  Franschhoek (see my blog) Western Cape	079 451 3019	Deluxe
	Ou Meul Bakery & Farm Stall	27 Main Road (the N2)  Riviersonderend Western Cape	028 261 1568	Bootlegger
	Kanna Kombuis	55 Albert Street (the R62)  Ladismith Western Cape	028 551 2343
	Melk en Heuning Farm Stall	Off the N10 National Road  Golden Valley Cookhouse Eastern Cape	071 121 5553	Lavazza
	Hand Made Coffees	38 Somerset Street  Grahamstown Eastern Cape	079 388 7654
	Steampunk Coffee	Thokans Garage  Off the R103 Lion's River KwaZulu Natal

Please visit them and tell me if you agree. And if you have suggestions for other places, please let me know as well. That doesn't mean they'll automatically be included on my list, but I will at least try them out.

If you love coffee, check out The Coffee Mag, an online and print magazine dedicated to all things coffee-related in South Africa.

..... and always remember that it is better to have coffee when you don't need it, rather than to need coffee when you don't have it.