Our estate

A coffee landscape within the Western Ghats.

Kuchally sits in Hassan, Karnataka, at 950–1,050 metres above sea level. This fourth-generation estate is shaped by rain, altitude, mixed cultivation and measured shade.

Lush coffee plants beneath shade trees at Kuchally Coffee Estate

Place

Hassan, Karnataka, India

12.8159° N · 75.8441° E

Elevation

950–1,050 masl

Across five mapped blocks

Annual rainfall

Approximately 90 inches

A humid, rain-fed environment

Coffee species

Three

Arabica · Canephora · Excelsa

The land

Many crops. Many layers. One working estate.

Kuchally’s agricultural roots reach back more than 150 years through the family’s cultivation of cardamom. Coffee came later and is now part of a layered farm where pepper, cardamom, fruit trees and coffee grow together.

The estate’s coffee blocks are not uniform. Some sit beneath mature canopy; one Arabica parcel is managed in open sun. Recording these differences at block level helps make conversations about cultivation and sourcing more specific.

Coffee at Kuchally

Three species, grown side by side.

This range gives roasters access to familiar cultivars and a less-common species from one traceable estate.

Excelsa

Coffea dewevrei

A less-common coffee species with a distinctive cup profile. Kuchally’s current published lot is a washed Excelsa from the 2025–26 harvest.

Arabica

Catuai · Selection 13

Arabica grows across both shaded and open parcels, supported by the estate’s varied elevation and high annual rainfall.

Canephora

S274 · CXR

Canephora selections form a long-standing part of the estate’s coffee landscape, including mature, shade-rich blocks.

Variety information reflects the grower’s records and knowledge; it has not been independently genetically verified.

Misty hills surrounding Kuchally Coffee Estate — Hassan’s rain-fed hill landscape

Fresh coffee cherries drying on raised beds — Drying and processing at the estate

Agricultural practices

Daily work, with a longer view.

Intercropping

Coffee is grown with pepper, cardamom and fruit trees, supporting soil fertility and a more diverse farm economy.

Mixed cultivation

Different crops share the landscape, reducing monoculture and single-crop risk while supporting year-round farm activity.

Composting

Organic material from the estate is composted and returned to the soil as a natural input.

Selective hand-picking

Only ripe cherries are picked by hand over multiple passes during harvest, supporting cup quality.

See how these practices are documented across the estate’s five growing blocks.

Review the field atlas

Certification

Rainforest Alliance

Kuchally Coffee Estate is certified to the Rainforest Alliance standard for sustainable farming.

Certification applies at farm level. Whether a lot or shipment may be represented as certified depends on documented chain of custody through milling, warehousing and export. Confirm the applicable scope and claim permissions with Anil before making downstream certification claims.

Estate record

The land, documented.

Canopy measurement and block-level screening give buyers a clearer view of how Kuchally’s landscape is cultivated and recorded.

Average shade canopy

47.4%

Simple mean of the five published block percentages

Recorded field area

24.2 acres

Sum of the displayed acreage across five individually documented blocks

The estate’s mapped farm boundaries were assessed with Whisp satellite analysis against the EU Regulation 2023/1115 deforestation cut-off of 31 December 2020. The published record says this screening is refreshed every six months. Each source record carries a passed screen; the detail pages also retain the small post-cut-off signals reported for Maglu and Old Block Robusta so buyers can review the evidence in context.

The field atlas

Five field records, opened up.

Each page brings together the schematic field outline, canopy profile, land-change timeline, carbon estimate and assessment methodology.

4.6 acresAssessed 4 Jun 2026

Arabica Mechanisation (Chandragiri)

Tree cover100%

Shade65.3%

Carbon stock46.2 Mg C

Open field record

4.4 acresAssessed 4 Jun 2026

Arabica Mechanisation Block

Tree cover0%

Shade0%

Carbon stock12.6 Mg C

Open field record

4 acresAssessed 4 Jun 2026

Maglu Block

Tree cover79.4%

Shade43.1%

Carbon stock28.9 Mg C

Open field record

9.2 acresAssessed 4 Jun 2026

Old Block Robusta

Tree cover88.9%

Shade61.2%

Carbon stock163.2 Mg C

Open field record

2 acresAssessed 4 Jun 2026

Old Robusta

Tree cover83.1%

Shade67.4%

Carbon stock31.5 Mg C

Open field record

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