Tiger Mountain (TM) Indian

"A" Grade - Arabica

Tiger Mountain™ is an HAB Exclusive and is so chosen because of its varietal and altitude classification.

Bababudan Giris is the birth place of coffee in India; history has it that it all began with a long and arduous journey around four hundred years ago when the legendary saint Bababudan brought seven magical beans from distant Yemen and planted them in the Chandragiri hills of Karnataka.

The sensations of aroma, flavour, body and acidity that you enjoy is rooted in these mystical beginnings; it is often said, the Indian coffee grower pours his life into the crop. Is it any wonder then that India has consistently produced and exported a remarkable variety of high-quality coffees for over one hundred and fifty years!

India cultivates all of its coffee under a well-defined two-tier mixed shade canopy, comprising evergreen leguminous trees. Nearly 50 different types of shade trees are found in coffee plantations. Shade trees prevent soil erosion on a sloping terrain; they enrich the soil by recycling nutrients from deeper layers, protect the coffee plant from seasonal fluctuations in temperature, and play host to diverse flora and fauna. Coffee plantations in India are essential spice worlds too: a wide variety of spices and fruit crops like pepper, cardamom, vanilla, orange and banana grow alongside coffee plants.

$16.00 per 250g