About Us

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.

Our plantation company, comprises three estates that occupy an area of 1530 acres with an additional200acres of rubber. They are situated at elevations of 2500- 3600 feet where the annual rainfall received ranges between 70 - 130 inches. All the Estates have intercrops growing along with the coffee that act as excellent shade varieties and also augment our production. The gross annual production of Coffee from our estates amounts to 750-850 tons of which 650 tons consist of washed Arabicas and Robustas and the remnant being Cherry coffees. 55% of this gross is exported. The estates also boast of a produce about 20 tons of pepper and 30 tons of arecanut.

Our Estates

Kerkiecoondah Estate - Coffea arabica and robusta
Intercrops: Arecanut and Pepper
Badra BHR Estate - Coffea robusta
Intercrops: coconut, pepper and arecanut
This estate is situated 10km from the Central Coffee Research Station at Balehonnur and therefore has easy access to any advances made in coffee research.
Bettadakhan Estate - Coffea arabica
Intercrops: Pepper and cardamom.