Kerehaklu "Lot B"

Farmer: Pranoy Thipaiah

Origin: Kerehaklu, Chikmagalur, India

Altitude: ~1200m

Process: "culture" washed

Varietal: Selection 9

Roast level: light/medium

Notes: red plum, apple strudel, to infinity & beyond...

Pranoy Thipaiah was in Chicago when we first met him. His coffees were great. It took a couple years but we finally got a hold of something from his wonderful project in a nature sanctuary owned by his family. This is a fully “culture” washed coffee via aerobic sequential fermentation. Pranoy experiments a lot, creates his own cultures and processes his coffees in unique ways. He is one of very few leading the way in India for specialty coffee & we’re so stoked to be able to work with him.

PRANOY & KEREHAKLU

At the edge of Karnataka’s Bhadra rainforest, Pranoy Thipaiah is reimagining Indian coffee at Kerehaklu Estate — a fourth-generation family farm where wild elephants roam, and microbes are as revered as the monsoons. With a background in wildlife biology and a bold palate for experimentation, Pranoy blends science, storytelling, and terroir into each lot. The result? Coffees that are elegant, expressive, and entirely of their place — rooted in biodiversity, processed with intention, and fermented like fine wine.

Kerehaklu isn’t just a coffee estate — it’s a living, breathing wildlife sanctuary tucked in the Western Ghats of southern India, one of the world’s most biodiverse regions. Here, the farm shares its borders with elephants, leopards, civets, and over 200 species of birds, all part of a fragile and thriving rainforest ecosystem. Rather than disrupt, Pranoy Thipaiah has made it his mission to integrate — growing coffee under a canopy of native trees, cultivating biodiversity, and turning Kerehaklu into a model for regenerative agriculture. Every bag of coffee carries not just flavor, but the footprint of a wilder, more harmonious way of farming.