{"id":38009,"date":"2017-03-22T09:16:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T09:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/?p=38009"},"modified":"2017-06-22T15:40:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T15:40:00","slug":"nourishd-cafe-and-juicery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/nourishd-cafe-and-juicery\/","title":{"rendered":"Nourish\u2019d Caf\u00e9 and Juicery"},"content":{"rendered":"

With a surname like Napoli, venturing into the world of food and drink, you would expect that the person who bears it is crafting handmade pasta or spinning pizzas. But that\u2019s not the case for young Natasha Napoli, who, despite coming from the family that owns the much-loved Gardens pizzeria, Bacini\u2019s, has decided to forge her own way, into the world of health and juicing with Nourish\u2019d Caf\u00e9 and Juicery.<\/p>\n

Natasha started her career in the beauty industry, training in hair and makeup, but left Cape Town in 2010 to see the wider world. She spent a few years au pairing for families in The Netherlands and Italy, before boarding a yacht and hitting the high seas. Never feeling quite satisfied and settled in what she was doing, she decided to heed what she felt like the Universe was telling her and change tack completely. She travelled to Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica, where she completed 260 hours of Vinyasa\/Hatha yoga training before returning home to the Mother City.<\/p>\n

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Originally her idea was to open a yoga studio, and excited with this plan, she begged and pleaded with Papa Napoli to convert garages under Bacini\u2019s into a studio. Upon further investigation, she realised that the space would be too small to work effectively as a studio but she was not to be deterred. Another passion that she had been harbouring, which tied in with her philosophy of living a healthy, conscious lifestyle, was the concept of juicing.<\/p>\n

During her travels, visiting juice bars became a thing, to the point that she took pictures and compiled a mood board in the hopes of one day opening her own one, perhaps in conjunction with a studio.<\/p>\n

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Life is a journey of unexpected twists and turns though, and often the plan you think is meant for you, turns out to be just a segue into the next big idea.<\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So, when the studio plan wasn\u2019t working out, the idea of converting the space into a local juicery happened, and the result is Nourish\u2019d Caf\u00e9 & Juicery.<\/p>\n

Being a young business owner is not easy. Looking back over the past few months, Natasha tells us that opening Nourish\u2019d has been the hardest thing she\u2019s ever had to do, but has also been \u201cthe most rewarding adventure of a lifetime\u201d. Almost every small business owner would probably say the same and the satisfaction of going your own way is what makes it truly worthwhile.<\/p>\n

We chatted to Natasha to find out a bit more about the concept of Nourish\u2019d Caf\u00e9 and Juicery…<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Since early 2010 there has been a steady rise in specialty juice and smoothie bars in Cape Town, did the prospect of so many competitors scare you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Honestly, I had no idea what I was getting myself into! The juice and coffee industries are two of the most saturated in Cape Town; I took on both! Why? I have no idea! Crazy I know. Did it scare me? Thinking back on it now, no, not really, it only drove me to be better. It fired me up.<\/p>\n

What sets Nourish\u2019d Caf\u00e9 and Juicery apart from other juice and smoothie bars?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Probably first and foremost, our commitment to being as environmentally conscious as possible and making as little negative impact as we go. Our drinks are served and sold in glass, with paper straws; we don\u2019t use single use plastics. Our takeaway cups are also biodegradable\/compostable.<\/p>\n

My parents think I\u2019m nuts but I\u2019m just following my heart and my passion. I want to try and educate South Africans to become more aware\/conscious of the impact that they have on the environment. I\u2019m not saying I\u2019m going to reverse climate change but if I can shift a few people\u2019s naughty habits every day, then I\u2019ll be more than happy. Over the moon actually.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Do you sell premade detox \u2018kits\u2019 for people who would like to go on a juice cleanse?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are only a month old, so of as now, no, but soon soon soon. Promise!<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>What are your most popular juices and\/or smoothie at the moment at Nourish\u2019d Caf\u00e9 and Juicery?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Blady Blazin\u2019 Berry Vegan Smoothie<\/p>\n

Making me Cacao Vegan Smoothie<\/p>\n

Happy Hippy green Cold Press Juice (not too sweet – doesn\u2019t have too much apple)<\/p>\n

Apart from following a healthy diet what suggestions do you have<\/strong> for living a healthy lifestyle?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Balance in all aspects. Although I have not found that yet, I do know how important it is to have it in your life. Right now I\u2019m on 90% work and 10 percent Tash time (yoga, reading, forest walks etc.) Soon, I would like it to be 50\/50 as I know how important it is to have that balance in your life.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re not getting rest, exercising and finding time for yourself, you probably won’t be eating right, which leads to you feeling sluggish. If you\u2019re feeling sluggish you not going to be exercising and your mental clarity will be poor. It’s all about finding that balance and making sure you are getting in all those soul nourishin\u2019 activities to balance out the workload.<\/p>\n

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Nourish\u2019d Caf\u00e9 and Juicery\u00a0must produce a lot of pulp from juicing; is there a use for this?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes! We use the almond pulp in our energy balls. We add the other organic matter to our worm farm that produces black gold soil and worm tea. We use this on our granadilla, basil and mint plants outside.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s my dream to have a Nourish\u2019d compost drop off. The plan would be to make rich, fertile soil from the organic matter and then sell it to our neighbours.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also another one of my dreams to have my own veggie garden in the parking lot of Bacini’s to grow produce for the juices. Then I know who the \u2018farmer\u2019 is and how the produce has been grown.<\/p>\n

Hopefully, one day, Nourish\u2019d Caf\u00e9 and Juicery can become 100 percent sustainable. Solar energy, veggies from the garden, all glass, zero waste. Ah, that would be the best!<\/p>\n

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In your range of juices\/smoothies, do you have one that is great for boosting the immune system since autumn is here and cooler weather is on its\u00a0way?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, we have concentrated ginger shots that have turmeric, lemon, cayenne and chilli\u2026 oooh! We also have our Flow and Glow<\/em> cold pressed juice, which has orange (vitamin C), apple, ginger, basil, chilli and Cayenne pepper. Our Sunrise Sun Salutation<\/em> cold pressed juice has carrot, orange, lime and Echinacea (huge immunity booster and can prevent colds and flu).<\/p>\n

So what are you waiting for? Pop into Nourish’d for a juice, nut <\/strong><\/em>mylk or Fairtrade coffee. You may even happen upon an impromptu yoga class on the deck! \u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Garage, CNR of Kloof & Hof Street, Gardens, Cape Town.
\nThere’s ample free parking behind Bacini\u2019s Pizzeria and you can have your car washed while you juice!<\/em><\/p>\n

Opening Times<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Monday – Friday: 07h00 \u201317h00
\nSaturday: 09h00 \u2013 15h00<\/p>\n

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With a surname like Napoli, venturing into the world of food and drink, you would expect that the person who bears it is crafting handmade pasta or spinning pizzas. But that\u2019s not the case for young Natasha Napoli, who, despite coming from the family that owns the much-loved Gardens pizzeria, Bacini\u2019s, has decided to forge her own way, into the world of health and juicing with Nourish\u2019d Caf\u00e9 and Juicery. Natasha started her career in the beauty industry, training in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4098],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"acf":[],"brand_slug":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38009\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}