About Us

MEET THE TEAM

OUR STORY

We started out in the coffee industry in 2011 as a husband and wife team. Our search for affordable, freshly roasted coffee drove us to simply dig in and roast our own. Starting small is definitely not a bad thing, yet we are thankful that things have since evolved. No more coffee smoke clouds from roasting in our home oven!

Moving on, Root Coffee was established in September 2013. We bought our very first coffee roaster, the 2 kg Coffee Tech Solar Roaster. From there on, we roasted and distributed coffee from home for a few years. One thing lead to another. Finally Root opened it’s first outlet at Paddagat Centre (or St George’s Square) on the 1st of August 2015.

Since then, we’ve somewhat grown out of our seams in the little 45 sqm shop. This called for the Roastery to be moved into a bigger space. Hence, the opening of Root Coffee at Wellington Square on 4 December 2017.

Our Team

At Root our heart is all about family. Meet ours.

Curt

Barista

Our singing barista keeps on winning hearts with his vibrant personality. Sorry ladies, he is now a married man! He was born in George and became part of the Root team in 2016. Everyone knows his favourite accessories are ‘on fleek’ sneakers and tracksuit pants. He loves to braai (and eat pies) but just keep any spiders, snakes or ‘creepy crawlies’ away from him. (He might have mentioned being pegged by an ostrich on a school trip… lets keep that between us)

Dez

Barista

It’s a bird,…or a plane… or wait, its Dez on the Go George bus stops! This mellow man from Queenstown can make conversation all day long, and his clients just love him. Remembering names is tough, but if he calls you by a different name, please just play along. He doesn’t really like cats too much, but give him his TV and add some “braai” meat to the mix, and he’s happy! He loves to watch (and play) soccer, especially if his team pulled through.

Arthur

Barista

Our very own ‘Amla’ the bearded barista famously models on the Go George bus stops. This gentle giant from Middledrift simply loves his pizza and pastas but balances it out with some healthy soccer and cricket games every now and then. Once he wore new soccer boots to a match, but it was too uncomfortable and he chose to play barefoot (to the amusement of the bystanders). Life is fun and games with this guy, as long as snakes are excluded.