In this episode Mariko speaks with Master Brewer Danii Oliver.  Danii is the brewer heading the Moringa Beer project with her brewery Island to Island.  She is truly a pioneer in her field, even creating a new path altogether.  She has a special connection with Moringa from her family roots, and with brewing from her ancestry.
In This Episode:

Growing up with Moringa in Trinidad

Her practice of Sensory Memory

Pioneering her own path in the beer industry

Creating with the seasons

Following the call

Ancestral Remembering

How the Moringa Beer project was born

Danii and Jensen’s flavor profiling, recipe development process and results

Incorporating Moringa into your daily life


Danii Oliver is the Owner and Brewer of Island to Island Brewery in the Grandview, Texas.  

What is your Moringa Project? 
Moringa Farming at KIDO Family Ranch and Estate Brewery and making the Moringa Beer prototype.

When and where did your Moringa journey begin? 
In my juicery when my parents and their friends started talking to me about the benefits of moringa and they all brought me bags and bags of seeds from our country. I started do my research and replaced all supplements with this whole food nutritional powerhouse. 

What is your Moringa dream? 
For society to take its benefits seriously. For this whole food to become a welcomed addition to diets. 

Why did you step onto this path? 
It was put in front of me. I walk an invisible line between the beer alcohol world and the health world. The two are not separate. Beer is food. We use real whole food ingredients in the making of beer. 

What keeps you on this path? 
The ability to feed my kids. I set out on this path 14-15 years ago and today I have built a knowledge and network base that allowed me to earn pre-covid. I stay on the path now because it is my belief humanity will find a balance and I want to be there to provide the resources and products. 

What do you want Moringa to know about you and your work? 
That I am here do the work, to bring it forward. 

What one question do you have for her? 
Best growing techniques, things to look for.