1997, Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea
Future Five Sense founder, Dean Gallagher, was a school principal in the Simbu Province of Papua New Guinea. Being in the highlands and 1600 metres above sea level, the Gallaghers were surrounded by families whose entire livelihoods moved with the coffee crop lifecycle. When the coffee cherries turned in colour, Dean knew to soon expect the payment of school fees! In a short amount of time Dean’s oven at home was enabling his love of roasting beans and his entrenchment in the coffee growing culture was inescapable.