03: Rosetta Roastery_FIG

In this episode of Food, In General I chat to Jono Le Feuvre and Robert Cowles the founders of Rosetta Roastery, a coffee roastery, cafe and team that has established itself as a leader in South African specialty coffee over the last 10 years.

In this conversation with them, we look at coffee as an e-commerce model and the challenges that lie with that. They share their optimism on reopening the roastery and we try to reimagine what a cafe space could like in a post-COVID-19 era and the possible rise of the stand-up coffee bar. This conversation took place in level 4 and we chat about the moral dilemma that they faced when deciding whether or not to open up and even though we have now gone into level 3 and cafes are allowed to open and trade I felt it necessary to still highlight the challenges that our small businesses have been facing throughout lockdown.

I am proud to call Jono and Rob friends and fellow coffee professionals and this chat with them has left me with new optimism for the future of the industry that we all love..

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