Coffee Plantation belts in India have undergone a metamorphosis since the British coffee pioneers left India, four decades back. In the early days of coffee planting, subsistence farming was the norm. However, in recent years, traditional farming has given way to intensive farming. Today, coffee cultivation has become a multimillion dollar industry. From an annual […]

Shade grown coffee plantations are one of India’s best kept secrets. These coffee farms are located in tropical belts, where the sun shines strongly, warming the coffee mountain. As such, the coffee farms receive abundant sunlight. The photosynthetic machinery of the three tiered tree canopy makes maximum use of solar radiation with the help of […]