India's second-largest coffee state, with roughly a fifth of national output and a crop dominated by robusta.
Kerala is India's second-largest coffee-producing state, with roughly 21% of national output, and robusta dominates there. Coffee is centered on Wayanad, home of the Wayanad Robusta GI, with further coffee country in the Idukki hills (part of the old Travancore state) and around Nelliampathi in Palakkad.
Field notes
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Robusta dominates Kerala's coffee, and the Coffee Board's research station at Chundale in Wayanad focuses on robusta technologies.
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Wayanad grew 60,800 MT of robusta in 2022-23, about 84% of Kerala's 72,425 MT, according to the Coffee Board's database.
Varietals
Elsewhere in India
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.
- Coffee production in India · Wikimedia Foundation
- Indian Coffee Regions · Coffee Geography Magazine
- Geographical indications in India · Wikimedia Foundation
- Database on Coffee, July 2023 · Coffee Board of India, Market Intelligence Unit