A non-traditional coffee state, best known for the tribal-farmed Araku Valley in the Eastern Ghats.
Andhra Pradesh is grouped with Odisha among India's non-traditional coffee areas on the eastern side, and its best-known coffee region is the Araku Valley in the Eastern Ghats. The Coffee Board's research station at R.V. Nagar near Chintapalli (then in Visakhapatnam district, now in Alluri Sitharama Raju district, formed in 2022) opened in 1976 for these non-traditional areas, with a mission to move tribal communities away from podu (shifting) cultivation.
Field notes
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Andhra Pradesh and Odisha are the two non-traditional coffee areas on the eastern coast, distinct from the traditional southern trio of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
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Andhra Pradesh had 100,963 ha of coffee in 2022-23, but the Araku Valley zone held only 17,969 ha of it, behind the Minumuluru (43,489 ha) and Chintapalli (39,504 ha) zones.
Within Andhra Pradesh
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. Some details here are less settled than others.
- Indian Coffee Regions · Coffee Geography Magazine
- Coffee Regions of India: A Complete Guide · Indian Coffee Beans (roaster/retailer)
- Research | Coffee Board of India · Coffee Board of India
- Alluri Sitharama Raju district · Wikipedia
- Database on Coffee, July 2023 · Coffee Board of India, Market Intelligence Unit