Meet the Roaster | Darkstar Coffee
Originally hailing from Budapest, Roland Fige is the head roaster and production manager at Darkstar Coffee. His upbringing was a culture filled with food…
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Meet The Roaster | Chris White, Altura Coffee
Chris White never could have imagined that applying for a job in the local newspaper after deciding to leave school in 1980 would be…
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Meet The Roaster | John McFarlane, Phoebe Rose Coffee Roasters
From an engineering background, John McFarlane found his education very beneficial in understanding a coffee roaster. He loves the challenge of coffee roasting and…
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Meet The Roaster | Matthew Payne, Dark Horse Coffee Co.
Matthew Payne’s career in coffee began in the mid-90s. After falling in love with the buzz of cafe culture, Payne moved to Melbourne where…
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Meet The Roaster | Damien Steponavicius, Five Senses Coffee
Like many art students who eventually find themselves in the corporate world, Damien Steponavicius wanted to do something more in life. Going back to…
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Meet The Roaster | Irene Chang, Black & White Coffee Cartel
Hailing from Taiwan, Irene Chang moved to Christchurch as a twelve-year-old kid. Her father was a cafe owner, and that’s how her interest in…
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Meet The Roaster | Kim Loupis, The Wood Roaster
The Wood Roaster started out as a small café in Sydney, called il Espresso. A desire to create something unique and a lot of…
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Meet The Roaster | Paul Rosenkranz, Quest Coffee Roasters
Having worked for a Chicago-based cafe and roastery, later sold to a European conglomerate, the romance of working for a small business faded for…
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Meet The Roaster | Vernon Omeri, Common Good Coffee
Founded 15 years ago, Common Good Coffee exists to support Joyya, a manufacturing company sparking good in areas of extreme poverty, where modern slavery…
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Meet The Roaster | Chuan ‘Vincent’ Gao, Manta Ray
Australian coffee brand Manta Ray’s founder, Vincent Gao, started his journey as a roaster at Code Black Coffee Roasters while simultaneously running a cafe…
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Meet The Roaster | Taylor Schneider, Bliss Coffee Roasters
Growing up in Newcastle, Taylor Schneider entered the hospitality industry very young and has stuck to it ever since. “I truly understood how the…
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Meet The Roaster | Jason Scheltus, Market Lane
With a background in hospitality and having worked in restaurants, bars and cafes, Jason Scheltus tried his hand at multiple things before realising that…
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