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Get inspired by.. Rani

 

While trying to get the first coffee for my stock (no doubt there will be a post regarding that), for now  I’d like to share with you, my friends, one of the stories and coffee personalities that  I discovered recently and got inspired by.

 

In a previous post I mentioned this lovely lady from Guatemala, Lucia Solis, who makes a great podcast series about coffee and brings on the surface many topics about producing and origins, combining scientific details and life stories. And it is really amazing  to listen and learn from her not just about coffee but also about what stays behind and has such powerful social, ethical and moral values.

 

As you may know, Lucia is leading the fermentation training camps to educate producers in a very efficient way, what she does is basically gives a foundation knowledge of processing and busts all the myths and misleadings, which often hold back many coffee makers. She tries to teach the right approach, to be flexible, don’t overcomplicate and work with what you’ve got, use tools and meaningful metrics to track your process. And it is really worth a huge respect!

 

But today’s post is not about Lucia, although she deserves it and will be mentioned a lot in my future posts… but it is about someone she really admires )

 

One of Lucia's recent episodes is a conversation with a producer from Indonesia, Rani, who attended the last training camp.

 

In this podcast episode Rani reveals the struggles of her way to coffee producing and shares her achievements and success.

 

What impressed me the most, is how much energy and decisiveness she has. Although she is in her forties but still willing to learn. Besides this camp Rani has passed all kinds of coffee courses like brewing, latte-art etc and even got a Q-grader certification, she also collaborates with the science community to bring and apply lab research to the farm.

 

Despite she started her way by selling the art craft, produced by her family, later she was able to grow to coffee shop owner and then to a coffee producer, started with 1 hectare.

 

Her 1st failed marriage and sexual abuse formed her approach and philosophy in her nowaday work. Rani created a community in the nearest villages with special labor conditions for women. Thus she  helps local women to be involved in coffee producing more easily,  keeping the opportunity and time to execute their home responsibilities to make it fits with muslim reality of the families there.

 

All these touch me  deeply and make me think about the fact that the most help comes from people who already have been there, know how hard it is and what poverty is.

 

Also she brings upon an important ethical topic of civet coffee. She explains that the reality is that often the animal processed coffee producing is unhealthy for these civets as they are feeded with too much coffee to suit the needs of irresponsible coffee sellers.

 

Besides social ethical impact she has made impressive improvements in her farm in terms of optimisation and efficient utilization of resources. This lady totally knows how to make it working!

 

Happy to know and get inspired by Rani as well as to share all of that joy with you!

 

If you'd like to know more check out the episode #55 of Making Coffee with Lucia Solis and Rani's instagram

 

Stay strong in your intentions and drink good coffee!

See you!