Joburg is now entering the most beautiful season of the year – the bright green trees (See our own tree below) of our forrestropolis is putting on their finest show. I thought this would be a good time to give you an update on the progress of your Linden shop. Jaco has been spending allot…
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The Whippet is hiring! – we are looking for waiters to join Team Whippet
If you are an experienced waiter, wanting to join a new coffee revolution, we invite you to become part of The Whippet team. We are looking for energetic staff who love a neighborhood coffee shop where people know your name and where you become part of the local stories. If you are looking for a…
Opening soon board up!
You would probably say “It’s about time” but yes….. Our opening-soon board is up and Hoot if you pass us please!
cupcakes, oh cupcakes……..The Whippet teams up with Black Vanilla
When Zani decided to include cupcakes on the menu, she could think of no one better to bake Joburg’s best but Black Vanilla. Beninca (the owner of Black Vanilla) started her small bakery just a few months ago and will now be making a range of exclusive cupcakes, just for The Whippet – I really don’t…
Peaches, Peaches, we need Canned Peaches!
I hate winter and that inspired me to talk about peaches…..because summer = peaches. True to Linden’s history of being the biggest export region of peaches to Europe in the 1930’s, we want to stock Joburg’s best home made canned peaches. If you understand the art of canned peach making (or simply want to use…
First Architect drawings on its way! – What should we choose?
Dirk our architect is presenting the first set of drawings for the shop design to us at 16:30 today! What do you think we should go for?
How to make canned peaches – our 100 year old South African recipe.
Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring and because it has fresh peaches in it – Thomas Walker. I have a vivid image of Sunday lunches that fill the memory of my childhood… Sitting around the dining room table with my parents, my brother and myself enjoying…
Hot Chocolate anyone? or should we call it Liquid Cocoa?
Making Liquid Cocoa is tough Joburg is freezing over and what better reason to attempt to create Joburg’s best hot chocolate – not the normal, milky, powder stuff you get charged R20 for, but a real decadent sip of the best liquid cocoa you can find. I decided to show you some of the photos…