The Village Explorer

Lekker man, lekker

Writer & Photographer Taylum Meyer

“We are a small batch with a big heart,” is how Lise and Wihan Brink describe their new business, Mikro Coffee Co. Having joined hands with Hermanuspietersfontein (HPF), they now sell their coffee at the winery’s Saturday morning market, Die Markie, and at the newly renovated tasting room during the week along with simple, yet delicious platters and burgers.

Wihan and Lise Brink in the newly-renovated tasting room at Hermanuspietersfontein, where visitors can enjoy free wine tasting along with Mikro Coffee, croissants, light meals and platters.

With quirky names such as Flavour of the North, Compass Blend and Don’t Panic, it’s Organic, this entrepreneurial couple source their coffee beans from Central and South America, Asia and Africa and produce six blends. Both Lise and Wihan are qualified baristas and chefs, having met as students at what is now known as the Hurst Campus Culinary Academy in Paarl, where they graduated in 2010.

They both worked as chefs in Franschhoek until 2012 when Wihan decided he needed a break from the stress of the kitchen. This is when he started to explore his two other loves: wine and coffee. He worked as a wine representative for a German company before taking on the marketing of a friend’s coffee company in 2014. When he and Lise relocated to Hermanus in 2015, Wihan joined HPF as tasting room manager and also assisted with marketing and sales. Last year he began his own wine representative company, The Sourcerer, of which HPF is a client.

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