Name of business owner: Khaled Sultan Al Senaidi Name of competing roaster: Bogdan Prunila When did your roastery start? And, as the owner, why a coffee roastery? We initiated our roaste...

Name of business: Refill Roastery Name of competing roaster: Samundra Kc When did your roastery start? And, as the owner, why a coffee roastery? 2018 A.D. Curiosity & Passion behind w...

Roastery Name: HAUTE COFFEE ROASTERS  NAME: Jonathan Wamala When did your roastery start? Haute coffee roastery started in 2020 with a vision of pursuing the production of the greate...

Roastery Name: Gold Box Roastery  Where can people find you? Al Quoz Industrial 3, Dubai  Name of Participating Roaster: Emmanuel Verola Tell us the story of how your roast...

Name of business owner: Salem Mubarak Alshiba Name of competing roaster: Kenneth Mark Daguyam When did your roastery start? And, as the owner, why a coffee roastery?  We open ou...

Name of business owners: Mr. Ebrahim Saleh A K Al-Khulaifi Mr. Essa Saleh A KH Al-Khulaifi Name of competing roaster: Mr. Bharath Chandagalu Govidanayaka When did your roaster...

Name of business owner: Mohamad AlAdsani Name of competing roaster: Mohamad AlAdsani When did your roastery start? And, as the owner, why a coffee roastery? Altitude Roastery started rig...

Name of Business Owner and competing Roaster: Rahmat Setiawan Name of Roastery: Air Roastery How did you learn to roast coffee? I start interested with coffee roasting since 2017, at ...

Name of business owner: Gregory McLean Name of competing roaster: Mohammed Reza When did your roastery start? And, as the owner, why a coffee roastery? Our roastery was established in 201...

Name of business owner: Nicky and Murtaza Moulvi Name of competing roaster: Efril Prince Caminero Our sincere condolences to the whole Cafe Rider team on the loss of their founder and leader, Mu...

Name of business owner: Marwan Alqassemi Name of competing roaster: Jonalyn Dela Pena When did your roastery start? And, as the owner, why a coffee roastery? The roastery began on October...

Name of business owner: Mohammed Behlim, Ahmed Behlim, Mohiuddin Name of competing roaster: Angelo Benedict Abordo When did your roastery start? Started February 2020 And, as the owner, w...

​We're so happy to share a little bit about this hugely talented human in the coffee industry. Through the years and his different roles in coffee, we have had the privilege to get to k...

We've said it before and we'll say it again, A Shot in the Dark is always full of delightful surprises! We couldn't script it if we tried!!! This year was no different! We could neve...

Wow! Congratulations to the Top 10 of A Shot in the Dark South Africa 2023! All the competitors received the beautiful Carmo Estate coffee supplied by Marunic Coffee and this natural coffee pro...

If you're wondering why you should enter the 2023 competition, look no further: Community The coffee industry is growing and the more events we have that bring the community together, th...

An unexpected victor emerged in the A Shot in the Dark 2022 Championship! We caught up with Mike Ralph after he had time to process his victory... What was your approach to the Final...

In this competition, there are always a few surprises! And that's why we love this format. Blind and anonymous tasting by the judges always means that there are fascinating results and it is im...