Why India – well in general terms we want to do better with our coffee from India than we do currently and by better we mean seeking out a couple of gems - small select plantations with a difference, which is the trip objective.

We fly into Bangalore (9.5 hrs) and will be staying here for a couple of days to confirm up on the detail and meet with our drivers that have the intrepid task of ferrying us around the plantations in Chikmagalur and Mysore. We will travel from Bangalore down to Chikmagalur on the 24th Dec ready for visits on the 26th through 28th - we then travel over to Mysore on and coffee hunt through to Jan 1st.

We will try and keep you updated as we go re Twitter @brownbean and Blog Have a great Christmas.