Coffee Estate
Welcome to
Melkodige Coffee Estate
The experience of a great cup of coffee is like sipping on a rainbow – it can stir up our senses,
rejuvenate our bodies, lift our spirits and warm our hearts.
Our Speciality
What makes our coffee
special
The experience of a great cup of coffee is like sipping on a rainbow – it can stir up our senses,
rejuvenate our bodies, lift our spirits and warm our hearts.
4000 ft.
above sea level
wonderful flavours
our coffees has unique sweet orange-like fruity flavour
Hotspots
One of the top biodiversity hotspots in the world
Chikmagalur
India’s finest coffee region
45 – 60 degree slopes
coffee is planted on 45 – 60 degree slopes under a three-tier shade system
Arabica coffee beans
Arabica beans are more challenging to grow. They need extremely rich soil
Our Process
A time-tested technique, perfected
At Melkodige, the way we process and dry our beans has an enormous effect on its
taste and texture.
All our coffee is grown under a unique 3-tier shade system.
Fully mature ripe cherries are individually hand picked by our expert pickers.
They are then visually sorted again to remove any unripe cherries.
The ripe cherries are then processed in the wet mill to remove husk and mucilage.
The wet beans are then moved to raised trays to drive out surface moisture.
After a day the beans are evenly spread on patio bricks.
The beans are raked at regular intervals. It takes seven days of sun drying to get the desired moisture level of 11%.
Now the beans are filled in hessian bags and moved into well-ventilated godowns.
Here the beans are allowed to mature for forty days to bring out their whole range of flavours and aroma.
Selected Varieties
Hectares of Plantations
Coffee Pickers
Consumer Countries
Melkodige Coffee Estate
How we Prepare our Beans
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At Melkodige, the way we process and dry our beans has an enormous effect on its
taste and texture.