From Coorg and Sakleshpur: The Mirras Coffee Origin Story

Mother Mirra Coffee Plantations spans two of Karnataka's premier coffee-growing districts — Coorg (Kodagu) and Sakleshpur. Both sit in the Western Ghats range, at elevations between 900 and 1,300 metres, in the zone where Arabica and Robusta thrive under a dense native canopy.

The estate traces its heritage to a pioneering era of Indian coffee cultivation — over 100 years of continuous cultivation on the same land, under the same shade canopy of silver oaks, jackfruit, areca palms, pepper vines, and cardamom. The biodiversity of a Coorg coffee garden is not incidental: shade slows cherry development, concentrates sugars, and supports the soil ecosystem that feeds the plants.

Fifty years ago, the family began the filter coffee operation that now supplies ~75% of Tamil Nadu's institutional coffee market. Hotels including ITC, Taj, Marriott, and Le Meridien; corporate campuses including Infosys and Ford; and media institutions including Sun TV Group — all specify Mirras filter coffee for their daily service.

The Arabica varieties grown on the estate include S795 (a Kenyan descendant developed at the Central Coffee Research Institute, Balehonnur) and Chandragiri. Robusta grown on the lower slopes contributes the body and crema that traditional South Indian filter coffee demands.

What reaches you in a Mirras bag is the direct output of this heritage: estate-grown, estate-roasted, and dispatched fresh. No auction house, no broker — from the Coorg hills to your morning filter.