India - Baba Budan Honey

Thogarihunkal Estate is located in Chikmagalur on the rolling hills of Baba Budangiri, the birthplace of Indian coffee. At 1350 m above sea level, the estate has maintained separate blocks for Arabica and Robusta, which are then segregated by varietal. Chandragiri, Selection 795, and micro lots of Selections 5B and 6 are the Arabica varieties that are grown on the estate. The estate uses modern processing facilities to transform the cherries into green coffee. These include two pulping units, multiple fermentation tanks, spacious drying yards, and raised beds.

Working with the plantation, our origin partners Ekata have identified certain ‘blocks’ on the estate where they assessed trees being grown there to have the greatest early potential for quality improvements for specialty coffee production.