Ciro is wishing our local champs all the best as they prepare to travel to Berlin, Germany to represent South Africa at the 2019 World Coffee Championships (WCC) World of Coffee event, taking place from 6-8 June 2019. South African […]

Scoring a hat trick at Nationals! Team Ciro really shined at the SCASA National Coffee Competition that took place this last weekend, with three phenomenally skilled individuals showing everyone what they’re made of. The Artist Six years ago, a young […]

Six years ago, a young law student called Christopher Abrahams decided to answer his calling and accept a job offer at Ciro Full Service Beverage Company. His passion for all things coffee – Latte art in particular – has led […]

Congratulations to Thabang Maluleka for winning the Gauteng Regional Cup Tasters Championship at the SCASA Gauteng regional Barista championships held at HOSTEX last week. The Cup Tasters Championship awards the professional coffee cupper who demonstrates speed, skill, and accuracy in […]

Ciro now proudly distributes the award-winning red espresso® product range through its channels in South Africa. red espresso® is a tasty, full-bodied rooibos tea espresso and is ideal for those looking for a healthy, caffeine-free alternative to coffee. Famous on restaurant […]

Through an industry-leading collaboration; Ciro’s premium coffee brand Lavazza, and SPAR Bean Tree coffee shops, are collectively committed to uplifting South Africa’s deaf community – by training and employing internationally-accredited coffee shop baristas through Ciro Coffee Academy (CCA). Both hearing […]

While the Ciro Coffee Academy, along with other key industry stakeholders, plays a significant role in the local coffee industry, the Speciality Coffee Association (SCA) sits at the very heart of the international coffee education community. A non-profit membership association, […]

Ciro is all about coffee, but, at the Ciro Coffee Academy (CCA); coffee education is what matters most. After all, not even the finest coffee tastes good if not correctly made. this reality, together with a passion for training and […]

In what was undoubtedly a highlight of the JHB Coffee & Chocolate Show, six talented deaf baristas competed in the first ever Deaf Barista Competition at Montecasino, in front of a cheering crowd and the World Coffee Events All Stars, […]

12 Ciro has launched a new online shopping platform, called Ciro Coffee Boutique (www.cirocoffeeboutique.co.za), that makes it easy to get the best coffee and tea brands delivered to your door. As a service to small – medium sized offices and […]

In an environment traditionally reserved for the hearing-abled, six very talented deaf baristas will be showing off their skills in the first ever Deaf Barista Competition, to be held during the Coffee & Chocolate Show at Montecasino from 13 – […]

Ciro congratulates one of its Coffee Excellence Ambassadors, TIM KRYNAUW, who was placed in the top 6 at the recent Regional Barista Championship held at the Good Food & Wine show, at the Durban Exhibition Centre in KwaZulu Natal, this […]

Ciro congratulates one of its Coffee Excellence Ambassadors, Christopher Abrahams, who was placed 2nd in the Latte Art competition at the recent Regional Barista Championship in Cape Town. The Latte Art competition highlights the barista’s artistic expression in a competition […]

At the Ciro Coffee Academy, education is at the heart of everything we do. We have always taken pride in being leaders and pioneers in the South African coffee industry when it comes to coffee training and skills upliftment. The […]

Born from a desire to rethink, reinvent and re-energise the way how philanthropy is viewed, the Sun International CEO SleepOut TM on 28 July 2016 allowed business influencers to empathise with the homeless by asking these influencers to rise to […]

Every year on Mandela Day, 18 July, South Africans are asked to give 67 minutes to help “take action and inspire change” in our country. This year, the Ciro Western Cape team wanted to honour Madiba’s legacy of kindness and […]

The best baristas in the Eastern Cape came together on 29 – 30 July and battled it out for the coveted Barista Championship title at the Homemakers Expo in Port Elizabeth. This year, the competition was even more exciting as […]

We want our coffee, and our love of coffee, to promote training and development among the unemployed youth of South Africa. By purchasing a cup of Blacksmith coffee, each person contributes to the training of new baristas through the Barista […]