301 Cape Road, Newton Park, Port Elizabeth.
301 Cape Road, Newton Park, Port Elizabeth
ETHICALLY SOURCED.
ARTISAN ROASTED.
LOVINGLY PREPARED.
WELCOME
A FEW WORDS ABOUT US
LET US INTRODUCE OURSELVES
How important are our coffee drinking moments scattered across our day? We rest our happiness on them, and sometimes it feels like even our survival! So often, however, these meant-to-be sacred moments unhappily collide with butchered coffee made by uninspired or incompetent baristas. At Seattle we have worked hard to maintain the craft element of coffee. It is delicately preserved and nurtured as it journeys through the steps from bean to cup.
We have also put effort towards creating cafés and take-away kiosks that become urban refuges where you can escape, recalibrate and walk away strengthened to face another day in the city. We have trained our baristas to make your drinks just the way you like them – nipped, tucked and crafted to suit your individual taste. Our baristas are primed not just to satisfy our appetite for a great coffee, but for community and recognition as well. We hope that our slogan “the way you like it” isn’t just empty words, but sums up your whole experience in Seattle.
At Seattle we believe that life is too short to drink bad coffee.
WHO WE ARE
At Seattle we take the artisanal approach towards the craft of coffee: traceability versus non-traceability of crops; handpicked coffee versus mechanised harvesting; hand-roasting versus computerised bulk roasting; and manual versus automated espresso production.
OUR STORY
HOW IT ALL BEGAN
Seattle Coffee Company was created by a husband and wife team – Ally and Scott Svenson – whose inspiration was born out of their experience of specialty coffee brands in their hometown of Seattle. They had been living in London for years, missing the Seattle way of life, and frustrated that a concept they took for granted back home was not available in the UK. So, in 1993 the Svensons opened up the first Seattle Coffee Shop in Covent. The fresh concept was unlike anything the English public had experienced before and was instantly well-received. They sparked a coffee revolution in the UK that continues to reverberate down to the present day.Read More
- 1993 Seattle Coffee Company opens in London, sparking a coffee revolution in the UK.
- 1997 Seattle Coffee Company opens in Cavendish Square, Cape Town, SA
- 1998 Starbucks buys out Seattle UK, converting all their stores to the familiar green Siren branding.
- TODAY Seattle continues to thrive as a family-owned South African company, with over 85 stores countrywide.