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India has a long and unique relationship with coffee. Introduced in 1610 from Yemen, coffee was commercialized in the 18th century, and the plantations now cover almost 400,000 hectares of land. India, which is the sixth largest coffee producer in the world, is home to approximately 280,000 coffee growers, 99% of which are small growers. Both Arabica and Robusta are grown in India, with Arabica favoured in higher altitude regions and Robusta in warm and humid regions. Grown at an altitude ranging from 1000-1600 meters above sea level, coffee is mostly grown in the south in the following regions: Karnataka, Mysore, Kerala, Malabar and Tamilnadu.
Growing India
Reference notes on the crop itself. Lot-level detail is confirmed with the desk coffee by coffee.
- Harvest
- Arabica November to January; Robusta December to Februarysource
- Altitude
- About 700 to 1,500 m for most arabica districts; the full span across all Coffee Board regions runs 400 to 2,000 m, from Travancore at 400 m to the Biligiris at 2,000 msource
- Varietals
- Arabica S.795, Sln.6, Sln.9, Cauvery (Catimor) and Kents; Robusta S.274 and CxRsource
- Processing
- Washed, natural and monsooned (Monsoon Malabar)source
- Growing regions
- Thirteen Coffee Board regions across Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and the North East: Chikmagalur, Coorg, Manjarabad, Bababudangiris, Biligiris, Wayanad, Travancore, Nilgiris, Shevaroys, Pulneys, Anamalais, Araku Valley and Brahmaputrasource
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