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From migrant returnee to a farmer-entrepreneur
From migrant returnee to a farmer-entrepreneur

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Charting the entrepreneurial journey of Nabin Devkota and Lumle Estate Coffee through his photo work

Lumle-based farmer-entrepreneur Nabin Devkota shares his raw photo works on his coffee farming and processing

By Nabin Devkota | March 5, 2023, 3:21 p.m.

 

Lumle’s luscious green mountainous setting

 

 

Lumle Coffee Estate awaits coffee lovers traveling to Kushma and Myagdi

 

Some 45 minutes drive away from the hustle-bustle of Pokhara, adjacent right to a single lane roadside along the Pokhara-Baglung Highway, this is Lumle Coffee Estate's cafe outlet

 

Coffee cherry: The fruit of coffee plants at a farm in Lumle

 

Nabin welcoming visitors to his farm in Lumle presently spread at 12 ropanis of leased land

 

Nabin nursing his plantations at his farm

 

 
Coffee cherries being washed after collection
 

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Coffee cherries collected from local farmers being dried at LCE

 

Dried coffee cherries

 

Hulling of dried coffee beans in the backyard of Lumle Coffee Estate

 

Sun drying of coffee beans

 

Dried coffee beans being hand graded, which is then roasted at a coffee roaster in Pokhara

 

Roasted coffee packaged under Lumle’s brand | The 250 gm roasted coffee comes at a price of Rs 500

 

Nabin during his 'Coffee Sensory and Cupping Course' with his trainer

 

 

Alternative coffee brewing methods painted on the pewter wall at the Lumle Coffee Estate coffee outlet

 

 
Nabin explaining different coffee brewing methods to his friend
 
Nabin Devkota is a farmer-entrepreneur based at Lumle, Kaski. He runs Lumle Coffee Estate and a coffee outlet at Lumle.

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