Tata Coffee Limited is the largest integrated coffee plantation in the world with nineteen estates spread over prime coffee growing land in South India, producing approximately 10,000 metric tonnes of coffee - Arabicas and Robustas - in both washed and unwashed forms. Tata Coffee's strength lies in its ability to supply large quantities of single estate and strain specific coffees round the year.

The entire chain of production - from growing to processing to milling - is handled at Tata Coffee's own facilities. As the entire chain from coffee bush to cup is controlled by Tata, stringent quality standards are enforced.

Tata, working hand in hand with nature, produces coffees that are entirely shade grown and sun dried, resulting in some of the finest coffees of India. Even the effluents are treated bio-enzymically and recycled before being released back into the environment.

At the estate level, multiple rounds of picking are carried out to ensure that only fully ripe cherries are picked. Meticulous care is taken during the pulping and fermentation process. The number of hours of soaking required varies from estate to estate and this is based on altitude and temperature at each estate, prescribed by Tata's R & D laboratory after research.

The washed coffees are then transported to Tata's own dry milling (curing works) facility called Kushalnagar Works. Coffee is stored and milled separately for each estate, thus maintaining the estate identity of the coffee and ensuring traceability to the estate. Further, each estate's coffee is cupped and rated according to the cup profile at our independent accredited Quality Lab.

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The various strains of coffee grown at varying altitudes under different soil and temperature conditions makes each estate's coffee very different from each other. The range of taste and flavour profiles vary from chocolaty to ginger to fruit notes; from mildly acidic to highly acidic. Discerning speciality coffee buyers thus have a very wide range to choose from.

The latest infrastructure in terms of processing machinery such as Pinhalense of Brazil, Elexso Electronic Colour Sorters, in-house container bulk loading system, etc. coupled with high service standards makes it easy for buyers to work with Tata. It is a one-stop shop to fulfil all their requirements.

The numerous awards won by Tata Coffee at various Quality competitions stand testimony to our Commitment to Quality. In 2004 Kenneth Davids, coffee taster based in Berkeley, California created a portfolio of India's 10 Best Coffees. Of the ten, 6 were coffees belonging to Tata estates. To be more specific, 4 out of 5 Arabica estates were Tata estates and 2 of out 5 Robusta estates were Tata estates.

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