Importing Green Coffee Beans from India


India is one of the largest producers and exporters of coffee and home to high quality coffee manufacturing companies. Indian coffee is loved by coffee drinkers throughout the world ranging from Vietnam to London to Europe. This guide explains the different types of Indian Coffee


Broadly, Indian Coffee is of two types: 

  1. Arabica

  2. Robusta

Arabica Coffee Beans

Arabica coffee beans are further classified as follows. WAshed Plantation are washed coffee beans whereas unwashed cherry is dry or unwashed beans. 

1. Washed Plantation
     Washed Plantation coffee are washed / wet Arabica coffee beans and are further categorised into the following types:
    • Plantation-AA
    • Plantation-PB Bold
    • Plantation-PB
    • Plantation-A
    • Plantation-B
    • Plantation-C
    • Plantation-BBB
    • Plantation-Bulk
2. Mysore Nuggets: Washed Arabica coffee beans. Premium coffee. The beans are large, bluish-green color, and have a clean, well-polished appearance
3. Monsoon Malabar: World famous coffee. These are Arabica un-washed coffee beans that are exposed to monsoon rain and winds for three to four months
4. Unwashed Cherry: Natural and minimally processed coffee. Unwashed cheery is further classified as:
    • Cherry-AA
    • Cherry-A
    • Cherry-PB Bold
    • Cherry-PB
    • Cherry-AB
    • Cherry-C
    • Cherry-BBB
    • Cherry-Bulk

Robusta Coffee Beans

Robusta coffee beans are further classified as

1. Washed Parchment

    • Parchment-A
    • Parchment-PB Bold
    • Parchment-PB
    • Parchment-AB
    • Parchment-B
    • Parchment-C
    • Parchment-BBB
    • Parchment-Bulk

2. Unwashed Cherry:  Minimally processed coffee bean

    • Cherry-AA
    • Cherry-A
    • Cherry-PB Bold
    • Cherry-PB
    • Cherry-AB
    • Cherry-C
    • Cherry-BBB
    • Cherry-Bulk

3. Robusta Kaapi Royale:  One of India’s finest washed robustas, considered a specialty coffee. It is an A grade coffee with big body and chocolate profile 


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