Sit down with someone for one intentional hour and help each other: solve a problem, make a connection, be real, or pass on a referral. Andre & Dominique are doing it 100 times, for the good of Cape Town.
Coffee #1 is open. Be one of the first.
Choose your host: Andre or Dominique
Or become a host Or give a gift to the Business ShowerThis coffee is sponsored by…
Coffee #1 is looking for a sponsor. Your business here, in front of every guest.
Sponsor this coffee How sponsoring works Or email us: 100coffeescapetown@mail.tab.bot
Our mission
100 coffees with 100 Cape Town businesses, helping each other grow.
Our goal
Help every business we meet reach one goal before the end of 2026.
Every coffee starts a conversation.
Part I
Read about it
The 100 Coffee Challenge — Cape Town · Pass the Cup
In Naples, people pay for a caffè sospeso, a “suspended coffee” left waiting for the next person who needs one. Ours works the same way: every coffee in the challenge is already paid for, by a sponsor or by someone who gifted a coffee. You bring an open hour.
Paid ahead by a sponsor, or gifted by someone in the community.
Solve a problem, make a connection, be real, pass on a referral.
Before you leave, introduce the next person who should get a coffee.
The Pass the Cup board0 of 100 passed on
Coffee had, cup passed onWaiting for its coffee
A circle fills only when a real coffee has happened. Nothing on this board is made up.
Why it matters
Behind every cup in this challenge is a person building something in Cape Town. Your gift goes to the Business Shower, to help one of our subscribers open the doors of their own business by 1 January 2027.
The coffee gallery
Slow down for an hour. Good coffee, good company, and the details that make a conversation worth having.
Part II
The Business Shower
The Business Shower
Like a baby shower, but for a brand-new business. We're collecting gifts from the community to help one of our newsletter subscribers start their own business, and we'll hold the Business Shower by 1 January 2027.
The subscriber is nominated and chosen by the community.
Gifts can be money towards the new business, or something useful: equipment, a service, mentoring, a voucher. Message Dominique and we'll sort out the details together. The counter only shows gifts actually received.
Apply for the Business Shower
"We want to help, but a business with no customers is a dream without a plan." To apply you need an idea or a business, at least 10 people you've spoken to who are keen to be your clients, and some proof: their names and contacts, messages, pre-orders or a simple plan.
Applications are reviewed, and the recipient is nominated and chosen by the community, by 1 January 2027.
Application received.
Thank you. Dominique will be in touch by email once applications have been reviewed.
Part III
Book a coffee
Why join
Find out what each of us does best, so we can send guests to people we actually trust.
A guesthouse needs a driver, a tour needs a place to stay. One conversation can fill both.
When Cape Town businesses recommend each other, visitors get better tips and the money stays local.
How it works
It's more community than marketing. Two people, one coffee, one honest hour, and each of you leaves with something.
Bring one thing you're stuck on. Two heads, one hour, a clearer next step.
Who do you need to meet? Introduce each other to the right people.
No pitch and no sales talk. Honest words about what's hard and what's working.
Send a guest, a client or a lead each other's way, and watch it come back around.
When a café sponsors the challenge, the coffee and a snack are on them, so the hour is free for both of you.
Book a coffee
Weekdays, 10:00 to 16:00, Cape Town time. Pick an hour, tell us what you'd like help with, and Dominique will confirm by email.
Choose a day
Request received.
Dominique will confirm by email. Thank you for making time for Cape Town.
Become a host
Give one intentional hour to someone in our community and help each other. Leave your details and Dominique will be in touch.
Join the hosts & founders groupThank you, you're on the list.
Dominique will be in touch to set up your first coffee.
Part IV
Sponsor a coffee
Official Coffee Sponsor
We're looking for one Cape Town café or roaster to be the home of the 100 Coffee Challenge. Every meeting happens at your place, and every visitor to this page sees your name and a big button to your website.
What we'd love to agree with you: coffee vouchers for the meetings, or a simple meeting-coffee deal. Or something else that suits you. We're open.
Chat to us about sponsoringOr email us: 100coffeescapetown@mail.tab.bot
Why sponsor
Sponsor packages · gift a coffee
The Starter package is 2 coffee vouchers (valued at R200). To sponsor, chat to us on WhatsApp.
The newsletter
Subscribe to follow the coffees: who we met, what we learned, and one Cape Town tourism business showcased in each issue.
Subscribers can also be nominated for the Business Shower.
Sponsor the showcase
Businesses can sponsor an issue's showcase: your story, your photos and a link to your website, sent to every subscriber.
Ask about a showcaseThe coffee log
Be one of the first
The first coffees are being booked now. Pick an hour with Andre or Dominique.
Book a coffee
Your hosts
Founders, The 100 Coffee Challenge
We drive and guide visitors around Cape Town every day, and we know how much a good local recommendation matters. This challenge is our way of getting to know the people behind Cape Town's guesthouses, hotels and tours, one coffee at a time.
From the family behind Private Driver Service Cape Town — Tripadvisor Travellers' Choice 2025
Questions
The Cape Town edition of the 100 Coffee Challenge: one intentional hour over coffee where two people help each other. Solve a problem, make a connection, be real, or pass on a referral. Andre & Dominique are doing it 100 times, for the good of Cape Town. Our goal is to help every business we meet reach one goal before the end of 2026.
Every coffee in the challenge is paid ahead, by a sponsor or by someone who gifted a coffee, like the suspended coffee (caffè sospeso) of Naples. At the end of your hour, you pass the cup: you introduce the next person who should get a coffee. Each coffee that really happens fills one circle on the Pass the Cup board, until all 100 are full.
Anyone with an idea or a business and at least 10 people they have spoken to who are keen to be their clients, with some proof: names and contacts, messages, pre-orders or a simple plan. Applications are reviewed and the recipient is nominated and chosen by the community. Apply in the Business Shower section above.
Anyone in Cape Town building something: business owners, hosts, guesthouses, tour operators, makers and freelancers. Book a coffee with Andre or Dominique on this page, or sign up to host one.
Just WhatsApp Dominique and we'll talk you through it. Say hi with a few words about your place.
Say hi on WhatsApp, pick a time, and we meet for a coffee or tea in Cape Town, at our sponsor café or somewhere near you. We talk about your guests, what they keep asking for, and how we can help each other. With your OK, you're added to the coffee log with a link to your website.
Like a baby shower, but for a brand-new business. We're collecting gifts from the community to help one of our newsletter subscribers start their own business, and we'll hold the Business Shower by 1 January 2027. The subscriber is nominated and chosen by the community.
Tap “Give a gift” to WhatsApp Dominique. Gifts can be money towards the new business, or something useful: equipment, a service, mentoring, a voucher. We'll sort out the details together.
Yes, the Official Coffee Sponsor spot is open. Your café becomes the meeting place, gets a “Visit” button and a link on every coffee in the log, and a mention in every coffee post. WhatsApp Dominique to ask.
Who we met, what we learned, and one Cape Town tourism business showcased in each issue. Subscribers can also be nominated for the Business Shower. Unsubscribe any time by replying to any issue.
Say hi to Dominique on WhatsApp and we'll find a time. Or send a gift towards someone's first business.
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