Back then in the 1980s, there was very little organic coffee – not to mention Demeter quality. In principle, this is a good starting point. And Papua New Guinea itself was the absolute insider tip for the best Arabicas at the time. The only thing missing was someone who believed in it as strongly as we did. And we found him too: Joachim Bauck, one of the organic pioneers par excellence. With him as a customer, Raimund Remer as a cultivation consultant and lots and lots of coffee plant care, the company started in 1990 with just half a container of “bio-dynamic” coffee from the plantation near Mount Hagen. And, unsurprisingly, he gave his name to our organic coffee.

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Over the years. We reoriented ourselves and looked for new plantations, e.g. in the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Honduras, Peru and later also in Africa. Convinced the farmers that organic coffee is more profitable than coca. Together with them and their cooperatives, we built the infrastructure that made Mount Hagen what it is today: the epitome of fine coffees whose original aromas always hint at the adventure of their origins.