Universal Coffee

Universal Coffee sits out at Udaygiri Estate, near the Hirekolale Post. Being out on an estate means we’re surrounded by a bit more green than the city shops. It changes the way we work, honestly. The air is different up here, and the pace is a little slower, though the work is still hard. We spend a lot of our time on the grounds, looking after the coffee plants and seeing how the crop is doing. It’s a lot of physical labor, getting our hands dirty and being out in the elements. We don't have a fancy office with air conditioning. Our office is the estate itself. People know us by the name Universal Coffee because we’ve been part of this landscape for a while. We aren't part of some big chain. It’s just us out here near Hirekolale Post, doing what we know how to do. The weather dictates a lot of our schedule, especially when the rains come through. We just adapt and keep going. We don't use big words to describe our coffee. It’s just the stuff we grow and process right here. If you come out this way, you’ll see the rows of trees and the drying floors. It’s a practical life, centered around the seasons and the harvest. We like the quiet out here, away from the noise of the bigger towns. It's home.