Badra Estates, India
Establishment
Badra Estates were established by the Mammen family in 1936 and have continued in the family ever since. The farms are located in Chickmagalur on the Bababudan Giri hills, the birthplace of coffee in India, where the first coffee plants reached India in 1670.
Current
Besides coffee, the plantations also produce pepper, cocoa, areca nut, cardamom, rubber and teak. Most of the coffees are processed in washed form. Natural and pulped natural coffees are also produced. All coffee is grown under shade trees.
Manager: Jacob Mammen
Coordinates: 13°21’07.0“N 75°28’31.8“E
Year of foundation: 1936
Farms: 3 (Balehonnur, Kerkiecoondah, Bettadakhan)
Hectares: 600
Employees: 28
Harvest workers: 425
Species: Arabica, Canephora, Liberica
Varieties: SLN 274, Old Paradenia, S 795, Catimor, Sarchimore, SLN 9
Processing: Natural, Pulped Natural, Fully Washed
Annual production: 750 - 850 t
