Discussion
Which of these Indian states produces the most coffee?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Karnataka
Karnataka produces about seventy per cent of India’s coffee, chiefly in the districts of Kodagu, Chikkamagaluru and Hassan on the Western Ghats. Kerala is second and Tamil Nadu third; the three together account for almost the entire crop. Coffee needs a warm, humid climate, well-distributed rainfall of 150 to 250 cm, shade, and well-drained slopes at moderate altitude - conditions the Western Ghats supply exactly. India grows both arabica, which is grown higher, is more delicate and fetches more, and robusta, which is hardier, higher in caffeine and now the larger part of the crop. Indian coffee is distinctive for being shade-grown under a canopy of native trees, which supports considerable biodiversity within the plantations. Monsooned Malabar, exposed to the monsoon winds after harvest, is a recognised speciality. Most of the crop is exported. Coffee was introduced to Chikkamagaluru in the seventeenth century, and Assam is a tea state rather than a coffee one.
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