My Brew Coffee Roastery · Stellenbosch

Good coffee.Good people.Good times.

Born in Stellenbosch.
Roasted with passion.
Made for the moments that matter.

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A double-spouted espresso shot pouring into a white cup on an espresso machine — Illustrative photo

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01Our story

It started witha cup of coffee.

Top-down view of a black coffee in a dark cup on a white surface

September 2015. A little red-and-white kiosk in the Neelsie, Stellenbosch University's busy student centre, pours its very first cup.

Founder Freddie Kruger and the team have grown that one kiosk into a proper Stellenbosch coffee brand. Today that means more kiosks across campus, a store at the Maties Gym and an Italian roaster of our own, right in the Neelsie.

Along the way we have won four Doughnut Eat Offs with residences, partnered with UNLOCK Tutoring and started delivering coffee to your door. In our own words: “Since opening our doors in 2015 we have received as much love as coffee served.”

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The story so far

Sep 2015
The first cup
Poured from a red-and-white kiosk in the Neelsie.
Oct 2016
Doughnut Eat Off #1
Our first win, with Libertas.
Mar 2017
Doughnut Eat Off #2
Won with Wilgenhof.
May 2017
Growing up
A second campus kiosk, in the Van Der Sterr building.
Mar 2018
Doughnut Eat Off #3
Won with Pieke PSO.
Sep 2018
Our own roaster
A Ghibli R15 commercial roaster, imported from Italy, installed at our Neelsie store.
Jul 2019
Doughnut Eat Off #4
Won with Helshoogte.
Feb 2020
Tygerberg Campus
A kiosk for the medical campus.
May 2020
Coffee to your door
Online deliveries begin.
Aug 2020
UNLOCK Tutoring
Partnering with a tutoring company for students, by students.

02Coffee is our craft

We take ourcoffee seriously.

Seriously. Very seriously.

Freshly roasted coffee beans tumbling out of a roaster drum into the cooling tray — Illustrative photo

Great coffee doesn't happen by accident.

From the beans we choose to the moment it lands on the counter, every step is deliberate. We're just not going to bore you with the jargon.

01
Single origin
Carefully selected beans, imported as single-origin coffee through fair-trade importers, so value is added right along the supply chain.
02
100% Arabica
Every blend is made only from 100% Arabica beans.
03
Roasted by us, on a Ghibli R15
Since 2018 we roast at our Neelsie store, on our own Ghibli R15 commercial roaster imported from Italy, to bring out the full potential of every bean.

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03Community

More than coffee.It's a community.

Stellenbosch is a student town, and My Brew grew up right in the middle of it, alongside the residences, PSOs and people who make campus life what it is.

A barista at work behind a busy café counter while customers wait — Illustrative photo

Two cappuccinos with heart latte art shared over slices of cheesecake

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4×Doughnut Eat Off
wins

From Libertas in 2016 to Helshoogte in 2019: four wins alongside Stellenbosch residences and PSOs. We take our doughnuts seriously, too.

Libertas
Wilgenhof
Pieke
Helshoogte

A takeaway cappuccino with the word UNLOCK dusted onto the milk foam

Since Aug 2020

UNLOCK Tutoring

Partnering with a tutoring company for students, by students. Good coffee and good marks.

Libertas
Wilgenhof
Pieke
Helshoogte
PSOs & residences
UNLOCK Tutoring
The Neelsie
Maties Gym
Tygerberg Campus
Libertas
Wilgenhof
Pieke
Helshoogte
PSOs & residences
UNLOCK Tutoring
The Neelsie
Maties Gym
Tygerberg Campus

Libertas
Wilgenhof
Pieke
Helshoogte
PSOs & residences
UNLOCK Tutoring
The Neelsie
Maties Gym
Tygerberg Campus
Libertas
Wilgenhof
Pieke
Helshoogte
PSOs & residences
UNLOCK Tutoring
The Neelsie
Maties Gym
Tygerberg Campus

“We invite you to join the My Brew family, the friendliest community in Stellenbosch.”
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04Our coffee

Find your brew.

Roasted by us in Stellenbosch, in 250g and 1kg bags. Choose your grind, or take the whole beans.

A matte-black bag of My Brew Espresso coffee beside a small pile of ground coffee

No. 01

For the machine at home (or the one you dream about)

Espresso.

A medium-to-dark roast with the body to stand up to milk, and enough character for a straight shot.

Roast: Medium to dark roast
Grind: Whole beans · Espresso grind
Sizes: 250g · 1kg

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Two matte-black bags of My Brew Filter coffee with red labels beside a pile of ground coffee

No. 02

For plungers, drippers and slow Sunday mornings

Filter.

Ground for the way you brew. Pour, wait and pour again, because the next cup is always better.

Grind: Plunger grind · Drip grind
Sizes: 250g · 1kg

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Your cup, your way.

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05Our places

Find us oncampus.

From the Neelsie, where it all began and where we still roast, to the Maties Gym at Coetzenburg, My Brew lives where Stellenbosch studies, trains and catches up.