The Badra story began in 1943, when the family concern of Badra Estates and Industries Ltd first started to cultivate some of India's best shade-grown estate coffees. Ours is more than a mere 56 yearlong history. It's a story of a heritage of care and traditional methods, a respect for the land and the people who work it, a heritage that is strengthened by the best in today's post-harvest technology and customer servicing. This precise, precious harmony of tradition and modernity, nature and knowhow what makes every cup of Badra so special.

Badra estate crop is available direct to you, for you to enjoy in all it's shade-grown, hand-picked, sun-dried flavour, a flavour deriving from the traditional methods of cultivation, from the richeness and fertility of our plantations, their lush, tropical climate and unparalleled highland location.

Our plantations are located in the westerns Ghats, which is home to the Bababudangiri hills the backbone for Indian coffee industry and is located in the southern peninsula of India. Karnataka accounts for 60% of the total coffee production in India, fittingly so with the Bababudangiri Hills being the birthplace of Indian Coffee and the rest of South India (Kerala,Tamil Nadu) complements 40% of the coffee production. Our coffee estates are located in Chikmangalur District (in the Bababudangiri Hills) where legend has it that the sage Baba-u-Budan first planted a few coffee seeds which he had brought back after his pilgrimage to Mecca in 1670 A.D.

Strict quality controls are operative through the entire post-harvest process. State-of-the-art Mckinnon and Pinhalese machiney is used to maintain and improve the milling standards at Balehonnur. The equipment is imported from Brazil. Pulping, fermenting, soaking and cleaning begin the post-harvest process for the washed coffees. These are then naturally sun-dried, as are the cherry coffees, on well laid-out barbecues, to optimum moisture levels. Once dry, the washed coffees are peeled and polished while the dry cherry beans are hulled. Both are then graded, first for size, then for density. Electronic colour sorting and hand-garbling complete the curing process, by rejecting defective beans. We also offer special grading and garbling facilities to suit an assortment of buyer requirements. The ultimate test of all we do is cupping. Regular cup tasting sets the seal on the entire cultivation and post0harvest process: it decides what really goes into every cup of Badra coffee you enjoy. Lastly, the beans are packed in hydrocarbon-free IJIRA-standard jute bags, ready to be shipped to buyers the world over.