Coffee picking season

It is coffee picking season in Nandi Thota

The plantation gave a good crop last year, and is recuperating from it this year. That means the yield won't be so much this time around, but still, the crop is not too bad. It has been raining, so some beans will fall to the ground, and increase work in this time of labor shortages. But the prices are good, and there is the news that India is now the third largest coffee exporter. So, in sum, there is good cheer in Malnad, though the Malnadigas won't tell you that.