‘Barista’ on the Slopes of Mt Kelir

Kompas/Winarto Herusansono

Ngadiyanto

A barista’s job is to blend high-quality coffee beverages. Ngadiyanto, 47, has earned the title for fulfilling a much more complicated role: He has empowered coffee farmers on the slopes of Mount Kelir in Semarang regency and brought global fame to the unique Java Mocha coffee variant.

In the beginning, Ngadiyanto, who lives in Sirap hamlet of Kelurahan village, Jambu district, Semarang regency, Central Java, merely wished local coffee farmers could be profitable.