A morning on a coffee estate

The pickers start at eight, when the dew is off the cherries. Walk with them for an hour and you will see why Coorg arabica is picked by hand: on the same branch there are red, yellow and green cherries, and only the red ones go in the basket. The walk ends at the cupping table in the old curing house.

Written from the verandah, with a cup of chai going cold.