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Five Senses and coffee-journey English

Connect Perth with Papua New Guinea while learning how coffee travels from growers, through roasting and training, to an Australian café.

IntermediateWest Australian storySupply-chain wordsChecked 2 September 2026
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Why Five Senses Coffee appears hereIts public history connects education, Papua New Guinea, Perth and barista training, giving learners a human context for coffee supply-chain language.

The story in plain English

A teacher, coffee-growing communities and Perth

Five Senses says its future founder, Dean Gallagher, was a school principal in Papua New Guinea’s Simbu Province in 1997. Living among communities whose livelihoods followed the coffee crop helped him understand the human story behind the drink.

After returning to Perth, the company says Gallagher began roasting in a hot shed with a one-kilogram roaster in 2000. It later created a Barista Academy in Perth in 2006 and expanded professional coffee education to other Australian cities.

This history offers an important language lesson: coffee does not simply “come from a café”. It moves through a chain of growers, processors, exporters, importers, roasters, café teams and customers.

Useful English

Use “coffee-growing communities” or “coffee producers”—language that recognises people, knowledge and work.

Vocabulary

Useful words for this story

livelihoodThe work or income that supports someone’s life.Coffee provides a livelihood for many families.
producerA person or group that grows or makes something.The roaster works with coffee producers.
harvestTo collect a mature crop; also the crop collected.The harvest begins when cherries are ripe.
processTo prepare coffee after harvesting.The cherries were carefully processed.
direct tradeA sourcing approach based on closer buyer–producer relationships.The company describes its coffee as direct trade.
traceabilityThe ability to track where something came from.Traceability can connect coffee to its origin.
academyA place or program for specialised learning.She trained at a barista academy.
supply chainThe connected steps that move a product to customers.Coffee has a global supply chain.

Conversation practice

Use the language naturally

At a Perth café
CustomerCould you tell me where today’s filter coffee comes from?
BaristaCertainly. The menu lists the country, region and producer.
CustomerWhat flavours should I expect?
BaristaIt’s sweet and balanced, with a cocoa-like finish.

Quick check

What did you learn?

Where was Dean Gallagher living in 1997?

In the Simbu Province of Papua New Guinea.

What is traceability?

The ability to track where a product came from.

Name three people in the coffee supply chain.

Possible answers include growers, processors, exporters, importers, roasters and café workers.

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