India

Karnataka

State · India

Terroir

Catalogue altitude
760–2,000 m · 7 of 10 catalogue coffees report altitude. This sample does not establish the full growing range.
Climate
the coastal zone receives by far the heaviest rainfall (~3,638.5mm/yr) versus the state average of 1,139mm/yr
Terrain
one of three geographic zones: the hilly Malenadu region comprising the Western Ghats, alongside the coastal Karavali/Tulu Nadu strip and the Bayaluseeme Deccan plains
Soil
eleven soil orders occur in the state (Entisols, Inceptisols, Mollisols, Spodosols, Alfisols, Ultisols, Oxisols, Aridisols, Vertisols, Andisols, Histosols), grouped agriculturally into red, lateritic, black, alluvio-colluvial, forest and coastal soils
Varieties
Chandragiri · Catuaí · Bourbon · Caturra
Base process
Natural · Washed
Conditions and additional steps
Anaerobic (sealed, no oxygen)

Karnataka accounts for 71% of India's coffee production, with Kodagu district alone producing 33% of the national total

1 growing area

Administrative area

Across Karnataka9 coffees with no finer area recorded