Our Story...
I am Yekanth, a passionate mango lover. My family are third generation mango cultivators and have been growing mangoes for the past 50 years. Our 20 acres orchard is located in warm and sunny southern India, near the town of Tirupati. We named our Orchard Seven Hills because it is located right at the foot of the sacred hills of Tirumala. We have over 1000 tress in our orchard and we take utmost care to keep the ecological balance in our orchard with regards to other flora and fauna than just mangoes. We at Seven Hills believe that taking care of our trees and environment is as important as the cultivation of the fruit. Due to this strong conviction, our cultivation is environmental friendly and sustainable.
Mango - A taste of Indian summer
Mangoes are an obsession in India, on par with Bollywood and cricket with the place they occupy in the country’s imagination. Exceptionally sweet, rich and smooth, Indian mangoes are among the finest in the world, and thus a much-loved symbol of national pride and identity. The Indian mango is available only for few months each year from April to June and that makes it very desirable. Mangoes signal the arrival of Indian summer, a thousand mango trees all laden with voluptuous fruit, their delicate fragrance filling the sultry April air and enveloping us in a warm welcome. The harsh climate of the region, where peak summer temperatures can go above 43 degrees C (110 degrees F) might be a reason for the deliciousness of the fruit. The oldest of trees bear the sweetest of fruit.
What makes our orchard so special?
The mangoes from our ancestral orchard have a unique flavour. My grandmother held a fistful of soil and explained that the leaf litter washed down from the hills every monsoon made the soil abundantly rich in nutrients. Whether it is the enriched ancient soil or the almost ridiculously dry and hot weather, or our grandfather’s exceptional eye for selecting the right saplings, our orchard’s mangoes are a celebration of a distinct terroir. Our family orchard is a culmination of all the things we love and it was built to celebrate good food as well as bonding with family and friends. We wanted to keep the family tradition and share our little piece of bliss with you. We only choose and ship what we believe is the best mangos in our orchard. We look for clean, healthy, flavourful, sweet, fully grown and developed fruit. We personally pick, pack, and ship 100% of the fruit. We do this in order to protect the trees and the fruit from damage and injury during the picking process.