“Me being the only son, I feel there is an opportunity for me to go back whenever I’m done [with tennis] to take care of that plantation,” Bopanna said. “This [venture] was something added on, something different and yes, of course, I would love to still be very much part of it.” “One of the reasons I started now is that with tennis, obviously [my life] as a player is going to end one day.
There’s something more to look for and coffee’s been a pure love from the beginning, so why not continue with it?” He also wants people to feel the taste of Indian Coffee. “Indian coffee I feel has really grown in a big way in India and I feel we can really bring it out to the world to try to experience it.
I feel the best way for me is to try to use my tennis platform to give a lot of my homegrown coffee to all the tennis players who love coffee,” Bopanna said. “I’ve gotten great feedback from all these players who have tried it and enjoyed it so far.
It’s something very, very different, and I enjoy doing it.””>Rohan Bopanna is not just known for his tennis but also for his coffee knowledge. “When I go to the tournaments, everybody comes to me and says, “Rohan, this is bad coffee!’.
Bopanna said. “I say, ‘I’m sorry but I can’t do anything with it’!” Having his own chain of coffee – the Flying Squirrel Coffee, Bopanna is more than someone who loves coffee. “To be honest, the coffee came first, before my tennis.
That’s something which has been part of the family. We grow coffee, hence the coffee love came,” Bopanna said. “I’ve been through the whole process of how it works, how the plants grow. Now I’m learning so much more about getting the right blend, roasting the coffee and everything from the past three years.
But the growing part I’ve always known how to grow the coffee and all of that goes back to my childhood”. Coffee has been a part of his childhood and he is happy expanding his father’s business, giving it another dimension.
“Me being the only son, I feel there is an opportunity for me to go back whenever I’m done [with tennis] to take care of that plantation,” Bopanna said. “This [venture] was something added on, something different and yes, of course, I would love to still be very much part of it”.
“One of the reasons I started now is that with tennis, obviously [my life] as a player is going to end one day. There’s something more to look for and coffee’s been a pure love from the beginning, so why not continue with it?” He also wants people to feel the taste of Indian Coffee.
“Indian coffee I feel has really grown in a big way in India and I feel we can really bring it out to the world to try to experience it. I feel the best way for me is to try to use my tennis platform to give a lot of my homegrown coffee to all the tennis players who love coffee,” Bopanna said.
“I’ve gotten great feedback from all these players who have tried it and enjoyed it so far. It’s something very, very different, and I enjoy doing it”.
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