Our Heritage
From our origins as a local coffee farm to our growth as a regional roastery, take a look back at our journey, our history on the land and the evolution of our craft.
Old Photographs from our Early Days in Assagay (1991-2001)
Our first roaster made from the drum of an old tumble dryer.
Our son Warren helping with our first order for Heidi’s Farmstall circa 1992. It took an entire weekend to prepare!
First ever order to Heidi’s Farmstall. The packaging was not long after replaced with our current Calico Cloth packaging.
A view of the Assagay Valley over a field of small coffee trees.
Growing in Harrison (2002- present)
Seedlings in the Nursery
Field of Coffee Trees
Bees enjoying Coffee Blossom
Green Beans
Mass Flowering
Green F6
Red F6
Young Trees Bearing
Yellow Caturra
Picking Beans
Tina Picking
Picking Beans
Freshly Picked Coffee Beans
Anna Washing Beans
Fransiena Picking
Green Beans Drying
Roasted Beans Cooling
Checking Roasted Beans
Bawinile Sewing our Calico Bags
Lungile Sewing Bags Closed
Thobile Silkscreening