A few weeks ago my oldest daughter and I headed to South Africa for some unscheduled medical work. While in the Johannesburg area we had time to enjoy a few opportunities that just simply don’t present themselves to us in Mozambique. Like volunteering at Doubleshot Coffee and Tea; a shop that my friend Matt recently began working at. We were fortunate to come on a day that both co-owners were present; one from the area and the other from Thyolo, Malawi at a lovely little spot called Satemwa. Funnily enough, here I am in Joberg but now seeing a guy from Malawi whom I had actually met before as our family has stayed on his tea estate in the past.

My 14-year-old daughter Mika kept busy for the morning stamping bags and filling them with freshly roasted coffee from Guatemala, Brazil or Ethiopia while I worked on redoing all the blackboards situated on the sidewalk outside advertising the greatness of this little unpretentious shop that truly and deeply has a passion for what it does: simply provide fantastic coffee and tea. To keep us happy we were fed coffees and bagels. Happiness indeed! (And I think my daughter has found a future job possibility that might just help put her through college one day.)