In the face of one adversity after another, Chris Herman has managed to turn a passion into a career with the Lexington-based coffee roasting venture 4th Level Roasters.
Herman first began roasting coffee beans in the winter of 2020, as a hobby and distraction from the cancer treatments he was undergoing at the time. The following summer, he was still working full-time as a pharmaceutical sales rep when he set up a booth at the Berea Farmers Market to sell his coffee for the first time.
“We sold out on the first day,” he said…