January - February 2012

South Western India

If you’ve managed to get your hands on the January/February edition of Beanscene Magazine you will have read all about The Baron & The Analyst’s trip to India (check out page 64, ‘Monsoons and Motorcycles). Cleverly disguised as a ‘work trip’ they road their Royal Enfield Motorcycles around the mountains of southern India cupping great coffee and enjoying some incredible food and even better hospitality. They were even gracious enough to let the locals win a game of cricket!

Hearing their stories has reinforced to us just how much we love what we do and, finally, we’re following in their footsteps and heading off for our first trip to origin. On Sunday, January 29th, we’ll be flying out to Bangalore for 10 days touring coffee, tea and cacao plantations throughout south-western India. We’ll be catching up with friends made by The Baron and The Analyst, and making contacts with some potentially exciting new plantations. But if they think we’re going to let them win another cricket match, they’re going to be sorely disappointed!!!

This is what it’s all about – travelling to where our beans are grown, meeting amazing people, exploring the landscape and understanding plantation processes to help us source, roast and brew better coffee. Just as importantly, we want to take you along on the journey with us, because it’s all part of the Yahava story.

We can’t wait to get out on the road, and are really looking forward to sharing some great coffee with the locals. We’ve also decided to release our February Specialty Estate from Kelagur Heights, one of the plantations we’ll be visiting in Chikmagalur (near Bangalore), to coincide with our trip.

Let the Adventure Begin!! Check out our Travel Diaries Page or Yahava Facebook Page for all the updates.

The Koffee Purist, The Junkie and The Apprentice.