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This breakfast spot near the Parliament is often frequented by well-heeled, manicured parliamentarians - and for good reason. They have excellent baked goods and good (often very good) coffee. Out front they have a few wooden sidewalk café tables under parasols advertising themselves and their use of Origin coffee. Inside there are many café tables that extend to a back room. The chalkboard menus provide a heavy emphasis on the coffee service here - advertising the occasional oddity like the "Big Daddy" quad shot of espresso. Using a newer, red, two-group La San Marco behind the counter, they pull short shots with a mottled medium-brown crema for R13. The crema isn't too distinguished, and it has a simpler flavor of mild pepper and cloves. But it has one of the richer bodies for Cape Town espresso. The staff can particularly excel at microfoam and latte art, but it can be day-to-day inconsistent with milkier, weaker drinks with thinner milk body on occasion. (And here "flat white" = "cappucino" [sic].) Come for the breakfast or people-watching, and there's a good chance the coffee is worth staying for as well.
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