André Vermeulen, the owner of Bottomless Blessings Coffee Roastery in Ermelo was announced as the winner and SA’s top coffee roaster in the final round of Coffee Magazine / Genio Roasters “A Shot in the Dark” competition that was held during the FNB Creative Coffee Week in Durban this week.

This achievement comes after André placed second in the preliminary round held earlier this year in which 43 other coffee roasters participated. Only the top ten roasters went through to the final round.

Be sure to watch this space on iNews next week when we will interview André and bring you more on this story.