Finding Founders

Ayu Sudana bet everything on that first export of coffee beans; her family’s harvest, her personal savings, and years of hard work. This moment was the culmination of working her family coffee farm, of a shattered dream for higher education, of a desire to learn that took her around the world. From working as a receptionist at a five star hotel, to a waitress at a celebrity chef’s restaurant, to administrative work at a logistics company in Dubai, to finally founding Bali Beans in Bali. Now, Bali Beans is more than a coffee shop. It’s sustainable agriculture, it’s supporting the local community, it’s becoming the blueprint for coffee shops in Bali and it’s carrying on a family tradition. But this journey started very simply. It started on a farm in the countryside of Bali.