Est. in the coffee hills · No. 01

Bean
& Co.

Every bean has a story. India, brewed beautifully.

South Indian filter coffee in a steel davara and tumbler on a brass tray

Fig. 1 — Filter kaapi, 7:12 a.m.

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Chapter I

More than
a cup.

Every cup carries a place. A slope, a monsoon, a farmer's choice at harvest, a roaster's patience, a grandmother's way of pouring. Bean & Co. exists to help you taste — and understand — all of it.

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Ripe coffee cherries in a misty Karnataka plantation

Chapter II · The world of coffee

Where is this
coffee from?

South Asia

Coffee arrived in the Baba Budan hills of Karnataka around the 1600s. Today it grows under a canopy of silver oak, jackfruit and pepper vines — almost always shade-grown, often beside spices.

Known for: Shade-grown arabica & robusta, Monsooned Malabar, filter coffee
Altitude: 1,000 – 1,800 m
Varieties: S795, Chandragiri, Selection 9, Robusta Kaapi Royale
Process: Washed, natural, monsooned
Famous: Monsooned Malabar · Chikmagalur · Araku Valley

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The steel davara-tumbler and the morning decoction — coffee as a household ritual across the South.

Chapter III · India's coffee story

The heart of it all.

India is one of the few places where nearly all coffee is grown under shade — beside pepper, cardamom, oranges and vanilla. It gives our cups their gentle body, low acidity and a quiet spice.

01ChikmagalurKarnatakaWhere Baba Budan planted seven seeds, c. 1670.

02CoorgKarnatakaRobusta country — misty, spice-scented estates.

03WayanadKeralaLush robusta among pepper and cardamom.

04Nilgiris & PulneysTamil NaduHigh-grown arabica in the Blue Mountains.

05Araku ValleyAndhra PradeshTribal-grown arabica in the Eastern Ghats.

Pouring frothy filter coffee between tumbler and davara

Since
1940s

Chapter IV · South Indian filter coffee

The cup that
feels like home.

Unlike espresso, which forces water through coffee under pressure in seconds, the South Indian filter drips slowly by gravity. Many traditional blends include chicory — it deepens colour, adds body and a gentle bitterness that loves milk.

Fill

Add 3–4 tbsp of fine filter powder to the upper chamber. Rest the plunger on top.

Pour

Pour boiling water to the brim. Close the lid and let gravity do the work.

Wait

In 15–20 minutes, a thick, concentrated decoction collects below.

Mix

Add decoction to hot boiled milk and sugar, roughly 1:3.

Froth

Pour high between davara and tumbler until a soft foam crowns the cup.

From farm to cup.

Roughly four years from seed to first harvest. A few minutes from grinder to cup.

Seed

Plant

Flower

Cherry

Harvest

Process

Dry

Roast

Grind

Brew

Coffee 101 · The flavour wheel

Fruity

What it means: Berry, stone fruit or tropical sweetness.
What creates it: Natural processing and ripe cherries leave sugars and fruit esters in the bean.
Find it in: Ethiopia (natural), Kenya, Araku