Microregion guide
Coorg
쿠르그
Also called Kodagu, Coorg grows both species. Sandalkad’s washed Robusta shows chocolate and warm spice.
Also known as: Kodagu
Place and growing environment
Estates cultivate coffee under layered shade alongside pepper, cardamom and other crops.
Recorded flavors
- 01Dark chocolate
- 02Spice
- 03Vanilla
Processing
Washed · Natural · Honey · Experimental fermentation lots
Grown varieties
S795 · Selection 9 · Cauvery · CxR (Robusta) · S274 (Robusta) · Kent · Selection 6 · CxR · Chandragiri
S795
A productive CCRI Arabica cultivar widely grown in India.
- Lineage
- Selected from S288, a Liberica-introgressed line, crossed with Kent.
- Growing conditions
- Tall trees with large beans.
- Traits
- Rust resistance was high in WCR's global trials, while the variety is considered susceptible in India.
Selection 9
An Arabica breeding selection described by the Coffee Board of India.
- Lineage
- Derived from an Ethiopian Tafarikela collection crossed with Timor Hybrid.
Cauvery
An Arabica cultivar of the Catimor group grown in India.
- Lineage
- Descended from Caturra crossed with Timor Hybrid.
CxR
An interspecific Robusta breeding line developed by India's CCRI.
- Lineage
- Coffea congensis crossed with C. canephora, followed by backcrossing to C. canephora.
- Traits
- Characterized by compact bushes and relatively early, uniform bearing.
S274
An Indian Robusta selection grown in Kerala and Karnataka.
- Lineage
- Selected as a high-yielding mother tree in CCRI's early Robusta improvement work.
Kent
An Arabica selected in India during the 1920s by a planter named Kent.
- Traits
- Historically adopted for lower rust susceptibility and used as a parent of S795.
Selection 6
Developed by India's CCRI and distributed to farmers in the 1970s.
- Lineage
- Kent crossed with Robusta S274, followed by backcrossing to Kent.
- Growing conditions
- Tall trees adapted to agroforestry cultivation.
- Traits
- Despite rust resistance in WCR's global trials, it is considered susceptible in India.
Chandragiri
An Arabica cultivar released by the Coffee Board of India in 2007.
- Traits
- The institute reported high yields, a high proportion of large beans and rust tolerance in its evaluations.
Lot details
Kogilahalla
Kogilahalla Estate / Agastya Coffee
North Coorg, Karnataka
- Variety · process
- KentNatural, sun dried after a short pre-fermentation
- Tasting notes
- Orange candy · Berries
Sandalkad
Faisal Siddique / Sandalkad Estate
Coorg, Karnataka
- Variety · process
- CxRWashed Robusta
- Tasting notes
- Cedar · Chocolate · Herbal
Harangal Estate
M. C. Kariappa / Harangal Estate / Kaad Kaapi
Madapur, Coorg, Karnataka · Harvest February 2025
- Variety · process
- ChandragiriDepulped, fermented in water for 18 hours, washed and shade-dried for ten days
- Tasting notes
- Hibiscus · Red apple · Cotton candy
Harangal
Petu Kariappa / Harangal Estate
Coorg, Karnataka
- Variety · process
- ChandragiriNatural
- Tasting notes
- Nectarine · Plum · Raisin · Caramel
Sources
- Coorg Robusta, Washed, Fermented – Sandalkad Estate(opens in a new tab)
India Coffee Company · Accessed
- Coffee Regions – India(opens in a new tab)
Coffee Board of India · Accessed
- Brewing Prosperity: India’s Coffee Story from Farm to Global Fame(opens in a new tab)
Press Information Bureau, Government of India · Accessed
- Indian green coffee, traced to the grower(opens in a new tab)
India Coffee Company · Accessed
- Kent Microlot — Kogilahalla Estate, North Coorg(opens in a new tab)
Agastya Coffee · Accessed
- Selection 6 — Farms growing this variety(opens in a new tab)
South India Coffee Company · Accessed
- Flavour of India Fine Cup Award 2019 — Sandalkad Estate, page 17(opens in a new tab)
Coffee Board of India / High Commission of India, Kuala Lumpur · Accessed
- Harangal Estate — Fermented Washed(opens in a new tab)
GShot Coffee Roastery · Accessed
- Harangal — Chandragiri Natural (Pinup)(opens in a new tab)
Pinup Coffee · Accessed