Journal

21 Aug 2026

What a coffee year actually looks like

Blossom in March if the rains come when they should, picking from late November, pulping through December, drying in the yard until the beans rattle. Peopl...

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09 Aug 2026

Kodava food, and why there is no menu card

Pandi curry, kadambuttu, akki roti, and whatever the pepper vines gave us. Kaveri cooks what the house is eating, at the times the house eats. Here is a we...

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28 Jul 2026

Come in the monsoon, or do not come in the monsoon

June to September the estate is at its loudest and its emptiest, the leeches are real, and the road below floods. Some guests come back every July for exac...

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