Halli Berri is Rainforest Alliance certified and an all-women organisation
Sudipta Dev – Mumbai
A leading single origin artisanal coffee brand in India, Halli Berri has a legacy that dates back to 1948. The premium 100 per cent Arabica coffee brand is a front runner in gourmet coffee segment, grown on the foothills of the Baba Budan Mountain range in Karnataka. The coffee is hand picked, sun dried and roasted in small batches. “We have been growing coffee for so long that today it is a legacy that we carry forward. Halli Berri is Rainforest Alliance certified and we support 296 species of migratory birds and are making India proud,” said Tejini Kariappa, co-owner, Halli Berri, adding that being an all-women organisation was not a planned decision.
Primarily a tea drinking country, in recent years there has been a marked change in terms of coffee consumption in India. Kariappa pointed out that though the coffee market in India is very nascent in comparison to the tea market, the Indian coffee segment is slowly growing with globalisation. “With more and more avid travellers bringing back gourmet foods from around the world, it has created the strategic rise in artisanal coffee. A niche segment; single estate coffee like ours have gained the momentum they duly deserve through the support of the informed globe trotter and inquisitive coffee addicts,” she stated.
Kariappa believes that it is imperative for the government to support the coffee growing community in India by providing the necessary subsidies, support and benefits needed to build the Indian coffee segment into what could be exotic coffees from India to the world. “In the last financial year, the global export market showed only one product under the above profit line and that product was coffee,” she remarked.
Interestingly, as a homestay, Halli Berri Cottages have been rated a top ranking on TripAdvisor for four consecutive years.
The experiences for the new age global traveller range from treks along the waterfall and in the Badra Reserve to the Elephant Bathing Camp. Guests have the exclusive privilege of living the life of a planter for a few days.