Episode 45 - Behind the Camera - A Conversation with Håkon Rydningen from Rammelaus

About this episode

Tim Wendelboe interviews filmmaker Håkon Rydningen about his experiences documenting coffee production and the impact of his travels on his understanding of quality coffee.

In this episode, I talk with Håkon Rydningen, filmmaker and founder of Rammelaus. We have had the pleasure of working with Håkon for the past five years – he is the person behind many of our videos, including the subscription videos. In 2023, Håkon travelled with me to Finca Tamana in Colombia to film the daily life on the farm and document all the work we have done with Elias and Bellanid over the years. Earlier this year, he also joined me on my annual trip to Honduras and El Salvador, where he filmed at Los Pirineos, Finca el Puente and Finca Nacimiento. In this episode we talk about Håkon’s background in film and photography, his relationship with coffee. Håkon has been a coffee enthusiast for quite some time which opens up for a conversation about what he knew about coffee before we started working together, and what his experience with coffee is today after seeing how coffee is produced. Håkon shares his thoughts on what it was like to be a “fly on the wall” during our trips to origin and how spending time on coffee farms changed his perspective on what quality coffee really means. We also talk about the similarities between filmmaking and coffee production, what Håkon has…

People in this episode

Host: Tim Wendelboe

Guest: Håkon Rydningen

Topics covered

• filmmaking
• coffee production
• travel
• documentary
• coffee culture

Keywords

• Håkon Rydningen
• Rammelaus
• coffee
• filmmaking
• Finca Tamana
• documentary
• coffee farms
• travel

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rammelaus

Places: Finca Tamana, Colombia, Honduras, El Salvador, Los Pirineos, Finca el Puente, Finca Nacimiento

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