Kalledevarapura is located in the Baba Budan Giri Hills, the region where coffee was first planted in India back in the 1670’s. The region is named after Baba Budan who, according to legend, smuggled seven coffee seeds out of Yemen and planted them in India. This propagated the spread of coffee beyond Arabia to the rest of the world. Recent genetic testing of coffee varieties, shows that many beans in Africa, Latin America,and Indonesia trace their lineage to beans from India.
Kalledevarapura has some of the best shade among all Indian coffee farms. Unusually low rainfall also contributes to superior beans, many of which have won Flavor of India/Fine Cup awards (the Indian equivalent to Cup of Excellence). D.S. Shankar’s family has been growing coffee here for four generations.
Our long relationship with this family enables us to secure both unusual microlots as well as hard to secure ones (i.e. Selection 9 beans).
His family also owns Harley Estate, which his brother runs.
VARIETIES WE SOURCE FROM THIS FARM:
- S-795
- Chandragiri
- Selection 9
- S-795 (peaberry)
- S-795 (non-certified organic)
- Yellow Honey process
HOW TO BUY: Fill out our Inquiry Form, and we’ll follow up w/ next steps. Please also review our Purchasing Green Coffee FAQs to learn how we handle green coffee transactions.
*For the microlots, we give first priority to roasters that already buy our coffees. Roasters that have never purchased from us (or whose last purchase was a few years back) should consider the larger lot offering.