Produces roughly 70% of India's coffee, mainly from the Chikmagalur, Kodagu and Hassan districts of the Western Ghats.
Karnataka is India's dominant coffee-growing state, with about 70% of national production, mainly from Kodagu (Coorg), Chikmagalur and Hassan, the three districts USDA names as its key coffee-growing areas. It grows both arabica (varieties such as S.795, Selection 9 and Cauvery) and robusta, and, as elsewhere in India, coffee is grown under shade and often intercropped with pepper and cardamom.
Field notes
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Karnataka alone accounts for roughly 70% of India's coffee production.
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Karnataka's key coffee districts, Chikmagalur, Kodagu and Hassan, are named specifically in USDA's 2025 India coffee report.
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Within Karnataka, Kodagu alone grew 128,720 MT of coffee in 2022-23, more than half the state's 248,020 MT, and about 85% of Kodagu's crop was robusta.
In the cup, according to guides
- ChocolateOften notedDark chocolate and caramel are the notes most often reported for both Chikmagalur and Coorg lots.
Within Karnataka
Elsewhere in India
Sources · 5 Every sentence here was checked against a source we read. Taste notes are what guides describe, not promises about your bag. Last revised 2026-11-10.
- Indian Coffee Regions · Coffee Geography Magazine
- Coffee production in India · Wikimedia Foundation
- India: Coffee Semi-annual (Report IN2025-0062) · USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, Global Agricultural Information Network (New Delhi post)
- Coffee Regions of India: A Complete Guide · Indian Coffee Beans (roaster/retailer)
- Database on Coffee, July 2023 · Coffee Board of India, Market Intelligence Unit