India is a competitive coffee producer. Its production participates in around 4% of whole world production. It is one of the few countries where both varieties Arabica and Robusta are cultivated. However coffee beans show a peculiarity, that is, the monsoon effect. The wind and humidity of monsoons provide a mellow and unique coffee taste. Main varieties of monsooned coffee are Monsooned Malabar AA, Monsooned Basanally and Monsooned Robusta AA.
Coffee growing regions in India can be grouped under three distinct categories:
- Traditional areas representing the southern states of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
- Non-traditional areas comprising Andhra Pradesh and Orissa in the Eastern Ghats of the country.
- The North Eastern region comprising the ’Seven Sister’ states of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh.
Eva Reñé Bañeres, 04/11/2010
Collaborator at INDOLINK