About Us
Tribal Beans Kirap Kopi is a Christian based, missionary- led business importing and selling quality organic coffee beans grown from the mountains of Papua New Guinea.
Kirap Kopi means “to stand up” in Tok Pisin, pidgin language, which is one of 3 official languages of Papua New Guinea, and in a country where more than 800 languages are spoken has become the most widely spoken language in the country.
Meet the Owner / Operator
Peter Halliman
Peter and Steve with PNG National Guard, 2017
Steve Blovat
PETER HALLIMAN, Fred’s son, was born in 1961 in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Post war, Peter’s parents moved to PNG to build a Christian missionary outpost to spread God’s word.
Peter is a dual US/PNG citizen. His family’s unique history of living, working with, and helping the people of PNG has granted him an extensive framework of tribal family and friends throughout decades and generations.
Over the past 50 years, Peter has helped thousands of locals and dozens of different tribes as a Christian Missionary. He has gained a bond stronger than blood and earned a trust that no other white man, as the locals term it, ever has.
STEVE BLOVAT, served in the US Military for 24 years
Steve with PNG Police, 2017