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Some regions speak through monuments or museums. Malnad speaks through food. The hills might draw you in first the mist resting on trees, the coffee estates rolling like green waves but the part you’ll remember most is what is served to you on a plate, made with the same sincerity as a greeting. The flavours of Malnad are not a preserved recipe. They are a living memory, shaped by forests, rain, soil and time. Growing up on our 100-acre coffee estate in Chikmagalur , food was

If you wake up early enough at Soudhamini, you’ll hear the estate before you see it. The leaves have their own rhythm, the birds have their own conversations, and the breeze carries a familiarity that makes you feel like you’ve been here before even if it’s your first morning on our lush coffee estate in Chikmagalur . For us, this is not just a holiday destination. It’s our family story. A story that began a century ago, when this British bungalow  was built on a slope overlo