Regional Research Stations
In addition to the main station, a sub station at Chettalli in Kodagu, Karnataka and four regional Coffee Research Stations at Chundale (Kerala), Thandigudi (Tamil Nadu), Raghavendra Nagar (Andhra Pradesh),…
Organised Research On Coffee
Central Coffee Research Institute (CCRI) The Central Coffee Research Institute was established in 1925 as the Coffee Experimental Station at Balehonnur in Chikmaglur District of Karnataka State by the relentless…
Coffee industry in India
Today, coffee occupies a place of pride among plantation crops grown in India. The area under coffee is around 4.15 lakh ha of which Arabica accounts for 2.06 lack ha…
Growth and decline
During the 1860s most of the planted coffees were Arabica (Old chicks), which had the bean qualities of the original mokka introduced by Baba Budan. Short’s (1864) modest estimate of…
Coffee in India
Baba Budan, who smuggled coffee beans from Arabia, is said to have planted coffee near his hermitage in Dattatreya peeta in what is present day Karnataka’s Chikmagalur area. However, it…
History Of Coffee Industry In India
Coffee and humans go back a long way-back to 800 A.D. Legend has it that an Ethiopian goatherd noticed that his goats were frisky after eating a certain berry. The…