October 15, 2025

EP 1463 Purity Wangare, Sai On, & Ran Gurung - A Multicultural Coffee Community - The Daily Coffee Pro Podcast by Map It Forward with Lee Safar

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This is the 3rd of a 5-part series on The Daily Coffee Pro Podcast by Map It Forward, with Purity Wangare (Customer Experience Manager), Sai On (Visual Storyteller), and Ran Gurung (Roaster) from RAW Coffee Company in Dubai, UAE.

In this series, which first aired on the Map It Forward Middle East Podcast, Purity, Ran, and On, together with Map It Forward Founder and podcast host Lee Safar, explore how a coffee career in the Middle East changed the lives of these coffee professionals and what that journey was like for them.

The five episodes of this series are:

1. Why Have a Career in Coffee? - https://youtu.be/8Bur06Bvb84

2. A Coffee Career in the Middle East - https://youtu.be/CvWm8sPkOJA

3. A Multicultural Coffee Community - https://youtu.be/AZqEVMw7nu4

4. The Complex World of Coffee Competitions - https://youtu.be/FgwQvyRIdRA

5. Paving a Career Path in Coffee - https://youtu.be/AGt5T0SYQvU

In this episode of the podcast series, Purity, Ran, and On, professionals from different cultural backgrounds who have found a career in Dubai's dynamic coffee industry, discuss the challenges and benefits of working in a multicultural environment, including communication barriers and the importance of empathy and emotional intelligence.

The conversation also touches on how diversity enriches the workplace and the unique experience of adapting to different cultural norms and hospitality standards in the Middle East.

Tune in to understand the complexities and beauties of the coffee community in Dubai.

Connect with Purity Wangare, Sai On, Ran Gurung, and RAW Coffee Company here:

Purity: https://www.instagram.com/just.purity

Ran: https://www.instagram.com/dpoogurunq

On: https://www.instagram.com/0nvision/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/saion/

RAW Coffee Company: https://www.instagram.com/rawcoffeecompany/

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