The highlands of Papua New Guinea are so remote that outsiders did not venture there until the early 1900s. That remoteness meant that the country as a whole was a late-comer to the production of coffee. While the small country of Papua New Guinea is renowned for its rich cultural diversity—the country boasts more than 800 languages and indigenous tribes—it is also increasingly becoming recognized for its exceptional coffee, the best of which comes from the Baroida farm. Baroida was founded by Ben Colbran and his wife Norma in the early 1960s. Up until 1965, with the help of the local Tairora tribe, Baroida mostly grew sweet potatoes and other subsistence crops. The farm is located outside the town of Kainantu in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, an area characterized by rolling grasslands with a climate and conditions well suited for growing coffee. In 1965, with those conditions in mind, Ben followed the government’s encouragement to plant coffee. Baroida became one of the first coffee farms in the area and served as a source of seeds to many of the struggling growers in the area. Ben owned Baroida until 1979, when he sold the land to a trust, leaving his son Nichol in charge. Nichol oversaw the operation until 1991, when he left to work on other projects. Six years later, Nichol bought back the land, but found that the farm had fallen into disrepair in the short time he was gone. With the help of some veteran Baroida farmhands, Nichol got the farm back on track In addition to Nichol, there are now more than two dozen key employees with years of experience who make this high quality coffee possible.