Marawaka
High in Papua New Guinea’s Eastern Highlands lies Marawaka, the origin of our first coffee.
The altitude, climate, and soil create exceptional growing conditions.
Families harvest cherries together during the season.
Every cherry is picked by hand
No large machinery.
No industrial scale farming.
Just small plots and careful attention.
The work is physical and slow.
But that pace allows farmers to select cherries carefully.
Coffee is not just a crop. It is part of the rhythm of village life.
closing the distance
Geography has made Marawaka one of the hardest places in the world to access.
These communities already possess remarkable coffee.
Back Home exists to help that coffee travel further without leaving its people or its story behind.