Surya Kiran Estate sits near the river Hutti in Madapur, Coorg, at elevations between 1050 and 1170 metres. The estate spans 150 acres — 110 acres of Robusta and 40 acres of Arabica — and is managed by Anitha Nanda Appanervanda, one of the most recognised voices in Coorg's coffee community. Her farm belongs to Biota Coffee FPC, and she serves as secretary of the Coorg Women's Coffee Awareness Group, an advocacy organisation of over 400 farmers, most of them smallholders. In 2022, she was named Rainforest Alliance Ambassador for Southeast Asia — a recognition of more than two decades of work in sustainable farming. 

Coffee grows here under a protective canopy of rainforest trees, intercropped with black pepper. No weedicides or pesticides are used. Native trees are preserved, soil health is actively maintained, and the estate operates with full traceability from growing through to post-harvest processing, packaging, and storage. Anitha is also a passionate beekeeper — an extension of the same thinking that shapes everything on the farm. 

In 2020, she received a Certificate of Appreciation from the Indian Institute of Spices Research for her work in intercropping black pepper with coffee — one of several recognitions that reflect how seriously the estate takes the relationship between farming practice and cup quality. 

From Surya Kiran, we source anaerobic red honey, anaerobic yellow honey, and anaerobic natural lots — all Arabica, all from the current 2025–26 crop. These are experimental process coffees made with precision: pH-monitored fermentation, careful drying schedules, and the kind of attention to detail that comes from a farmer who has spent over two decades learning this land.