Motlopi coffee: Meet Indigenous Java Roasters

Coffee is one of the most popular hot beverages around the world, and different brands have different aromas, which plays a big part in selecting a coffee of choice. For a Lobatse native Nomsa Dichabe, she fell in love with the taste of the Motlopi Coffee and its rich aroma the first time she tasted it.

Dichabe shares with BusinessMonitor that she struggled to get the Motlopi Coffee into retailer’s shelves as the woman who shared the coffee with her was only producing it for her home consumption. It was then that Dichabe decided to commercialise it after finding a niche in the market and she start her own brand Motlopi Coffee, which is packaged in 300g bottles. The business was established last year in October “I sat down with her and asked her to help me with production as I could see the potential this magical beverage has,” Dichabe explains. “She was kind enough to agree, and she taught me everything I know about producing motlopi. We still work together when I have big orders.”