Timeline
Chikmagalur, India
1895 – Nakre Yellappa Shetty (Great paternal grandfather to current generation) is born into an agricultural family, working farms in South Canara
1920 – Yellappa Shetty begins working in Chikmagalur to compliment working seasons in South Canara
1925 – Charmakki Narayan Shetty (Great maternal grandfather) born into an agricultural family working areca nut plantations in South Canara
1921 – Yellappa Shetty begins supply and management of labour to British owned plantations in Chikmagalur
1928 – Yellappa Shetty is bestowed with the title of ‘Munser’ or ‘Chief’, a testament to the reputation he maintained amongst British plantation owners and the 150 workers under his wing
1940 – Yellappa Shetty goes on to buy Kerekhan estate which is still owned by the Shetty family
1945 -50 – Narayan Shetty makes a foray into construction – a necessary diversion before getting back into agriculture
1965 – Narayan Shetty buys Woddaegudda estate
1985 – Narayan Shetty makes the shift back to agriculture, taking a keen interest in coffee plantations
1988 – Narayan Shetty buys Ashirwad estate
1994 – Narayan Shetty buys Ashtalakshmi estate
2012 – Great grandchildren (Abhijit and Advith Shetty) forge partnership with Italian coffee roasters to form Seven Beans Coffee Company
Modena, Italy
1880 – Cagliari family relocates from Italy to Brazil to learn about coffee trading
1909 – Coffee trading company ‘Anderson Clayton’ set up, in Sao Paolo, Brazil
1909 – Brazilian Coffee Institute (agency of state) sends Dante’s grandfather to represent Brazilian Coffee in 1st ever coffee exhibition in Bordeaux, France
1910 – Family opens roastery ‘San Paulo’ in Bordeaux
1912 – Family moves back to Italy and opens roastery ‘San Paulo’ in Modena
1939 – Fascist takeover of ‘San Paulo’ roastery by the church during the war
1942 – ‘San Paulo’ roastery reopened (and company is rebuilt post war)
1951 – ‘San Paulo’ split into 3 companies, among 3 brothers (Caffe Roberta, Caffe Cagliari & San Paulo)
1963 – Dante completes thesis in commodity economics of coffee at University of Bologna
1964 – Dante invents and pioneers use of laser diffraction for particle size analysis of coffee
1965 – Dante joins the family business at ‘San Paulo’
1970 – Company name changed from ‘San Paulo’ to ‘I.T.C. Srl’
2000 – Company ‘I.T.C. Srl.’ Branded as ‘Caffe’ L’Antico’
2012 – Dante forges a partnership with Indian coffee planters to form Seven Beans Coffee Company