Mother Mirra Coffee Plantations, Coorg and Sakleshpur

Our Heritage · Est. 1901

From Asia's First Planter.
Four Generations of Craft.

A legacy that began in Malaysia in 1901, took root in the mist-covered hills of Coorg and Sakleshpur, and now arrives at your door as South Indian filter coffee perfected across a century of family stewardship. What you taste is neither accidental nor marketed — it is earned.

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Estate — Coorg Western Ghats
Founded 1901

Skandapuri Plantations, Coorg

Mother Mirra Coffee Plantations, Sakleshpur

The Founder

PPR Subramanian Chettiar —
Asia's First Planter

In 1901, at a moment when plantation ownership was the exclusive preserve of European colonial ventures, Mr. PPR Subramanian Chettiar established himself as among Asia's first Asian plantation owners in Malaysia. It was an act of remarkable audacity — and it began a hundred-year chain of custodianship over the land.

The family's roots were in South India, and the knowledge accumulated on those Malaysian estates travelled home to the Western Ghats. Skandapuri Plantations in Coorg became the next chapter: highland red-loam soil, elevation above 1,200 metres, morning mist and cool nights that slow cherry maturation and concentrate the sugars and acids that make Coorg Arabica so distinctive.

Four generations later, the family has never sold the land, never brought in outside investors, and never sourced beans from a broker. The estate is the product.

“We did not inherit a brand. We inherited a method. The brand followed.”

— Fourth-generation family note

A century in the making

Decade by Decade

One hundred and twenty years of
unbroken custody

1901

Asia's First Planter

Mr. PPR Subramanian Chettiar becomes among Asia's first Asian plantation owners in Malaysia — pioneering estate coffee cultivation at a time when large-scale plantations were exclusively European ventures. A quiet act of sovereignty over the land.

1930s

Roots in the Western Ghats

The family brings the estate tradition home to India. Skandapuri Plantations takes root in Coorg — the Kodagu highlands of Karnataka, where elevation, mist, and red laterite soil create conditions that produce some of the finest Arabica in Asia.

1960s–80s

Second & Third Generation

Two more generations deepen the family's knowledge of the land. Shade canopy management, seasonal harvest timing, and soil-composting practices are refined over decades of patient observation. Nothing is rushed.

2005

Mother Mirra Coffee Plantations

The fourth generation formalises a century of craft into Mother Mirra Coffee Plantations, extending cultivation to Sakleshpur in the Hassan district of Karnataka — a second altitude estate in the Western Ghats corridor. Coorg and Sakleshpur together produce the two estate-lot blends at the heart of Mirras Coffee.

2015

Zero-Chemical Certification

The estate achieves full chemical-free status. Compost from spent cherry pulp and shade-tree cuttings replaces all synthetic fertiliser. The soil improves measurably with each season — a legacy that compounds like interest.

Today

Mirras Coffee — Estate to Cup

Four generations, two estates, zero middlemen. Every bag of Mirras Coffee is grown, processed, cup-tested, and dispatched from the same family's land that Mr. PPR Subramanian Chettiar first cultivated over a century ago. The chain is unbroken.

Our Estates

Two estates. One standard.

Skandapuri Plantations

Skandapuri Plantations

Coorg (Kodagu), Karnataka

Elevation1,100–1,300 m
Annual Rainfall2,500–3,000 mm annually
VarietiesArabica — S795, Chandragiri

The original family estate. Red laterite loam. Native shade canopy of silver oak and grevillea. Morning mist year-round.

Mother Mirra Plantations

Mother Mirra Plantations

Sakleshpur, Hassan, Karnataka

Elevation900–1,100 m
Annual Rainfall2,000–2,500 mm annually
VarietiesArabica & Robusta blending lots

Established 2005. Deep forest edge. Rich volcanic basalt subsoil. Provides the body complement to Coorg's bright acidity.

Trusted by India's Leading Institutions

ITC HotelsTaj HotelsMarriottLe MeridienInfosysFord IndiaSun TV Network

Mirras Coffee supplies institutional clients across hospitality, technology, and media — FSSAI Certified, Coffee Board Certified, with batch-level traceability and lab reports on request.

What heritage means in the cup

A century of accumulated knowledge —
in every batch

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Altitude Terroir

Cool nights at 1,200 m slow cherry maturation, concentrating sugars and chlorogenic acids. The result: a natural sweetness and floral complexity that cannot be replicated at lower elevations.

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Shade-Grown

Silver oak and grevillea canopy regulates temperature and provides habitat for birds that suppress insect pressure — eliminating the need for pesticide response.

6-Hour Processing

Coffee cherry is processed within 6 hours of harvest. Quality degrades by the hour. We have run a processing unit on the estate for decades because we understand this window.

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100% Cup-Tested

Every batch is cupped blind before it ships. Lots that fail are composted. They are not discounted and sold. A practice that has never changed in four generations.

Begin with the origin

Taste what a century
of patience produces.

Estate-direct from Coorg and Sakleshpur. No brokers, no auction floor, no blending with off-estate beans. Just the same family, the same land, and a cup that reflects both.