Marcelo and Georgia Szporer, 50, Co-owners of Café Origem
What is the secret to a good cup of coffee?
High quality coffee beans, roasted and ground just right, the water temperature, and some will even say the actual serving cup. If you ask Marcelo and Georgia another necessary ingredient, and no less important, they'd have to say love.
© Boris Chernykov, Flea Studio
The two came to Israel from São Paulo, Brazil about a year and a half ago, and shortly thereafter opened their own coffee shop, Origem (meaning “origin” in Portuguese), on Dizengoff Street. What brings a couple operating a successful chain of coffee shops in Brazil to leave it all behind and travel thousands of kilometers to the Middle East? Marcelo and Georgia came to Israel following their eldest daughter who had decided to make Aliyah and serves today in the IDF’s home-front command. In retrospect, although Brazil is their homeland, in Israel, in Tel Aviv, so they say, they feel the most at home.
© Boris Chernykov, Flea Studio