Where it all began
Marijus & Jess Jakas share a deep love for adventure, anything hand crafted, and of course local artisan coffee. Prior to moving to the Garden Route they lived in Vilnius, London and Cape Town. When Jess was 8 months pregnant with their first child, they decided to open a coffee shop in the Cape Town City Bowl, thus El Camino Global Eatery came about. Named after the meeting place of the couple, El Camino de Santiago (a pilgrimage through Spain). El Camino is where the two learnt the art of coffee making, and Marijus completed further training to perfect the bean roasting process.
The Birth of
Arrow Coffee
When the opportunity arose to relocate to the Knysna area, there was no hesitation and so they began to plan their new venture. Thus, Arrow Coffee was born – an artisan coffee roastery based on their farm in the forest. They imported their roasting machine from Turkey, a beautiful piece of machinery, Irish green in colour with decorative copper plating. Because of the nature of this roaster, the beans are roasted to order using traditional methods (no computers). To epitomise small batch coffee roasting is what Arrow is all about
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The best! In every way! Having a local, organic and roasted to perfection brand that is so delicious is amazing. The Burundi blend is my favourite, it blows me away every morning. The flavors are next level, smooth, not bitter and honey like. Find it and taste it and feel good when you drink it too cause it's local, organic and basically good for you!
What a lovely coffee for the java lover who enjoys following their own vector and who is open to a new palate of coffee flavours that will stimulate your neurones 🔥😁🌸
I buy Arrow in South Africa to bring back to Australia with me because there's just something different about it, in all the best ways. And then knowing it's coming from a beautiful family on the magical Garden Route, just makes every experience of it so much richer. Thanks Arrow!
Very nice coffee, you won't regret it. Been using it for a couple of months in my salon and clients are always happy with nice coffee. Awsome service, they are always willing to help.
Best coffee on the Garden Route by far! The forest blend is the smoothest coffee I’ve probably ever had. No acidic after taste. Super yummy.
