A Karnataka district USDA names as a key coffee area, best known in specialty circles for Sakleshpur's fruit-forward lots.
Hassan is one of the three Karnataka districts USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service names as key coffee-growing areas, alongside Chikmagalur and Kodagu, with Sakleshpur taluk a main growing tract. It has no coffee GI of its own, though the Coffee Board lists Manjarabad among its regional coffee brands.
Field notes
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Hassan is one of only three districts USDA's 2025 coffee report names specifically for Karnataka's growing area, the other two being Chikmagalur and Kodagu.
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The Coffee Board counted 41,247 ha of coffee in Hassan in 2022-23, 24,400 ha of it arabica, and the district grew 36,850 MT that year.
Within Hassan
Elsewhere in Karnataka
Sources · 4 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. Some details here are less settled than others.
- India: Coffee Semi-annual (Report IN2025-0062) · USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, Global Agricultural Information Network (New Delhi post)
- Indian Coffee Regions · Coffee Geography Magazine
- Geographical indications in India · Wikimedia Foundation
- Database on Coffee, July 2023 · Coffee Board of India, Market Intelligence Unit