India and coffee? Just as with China, most people are amazed when they learn about coffee production in the land of tea. Its history began with the legendary saint Baba Budan, who planted seven seeds of the mocha variety in the Baba Budan Giris farm in Karnataka in 1600 AD. For a long time, the plants remained a garden curiosity and slowly spread as backyard plantings. Thanks to British entrepreneurs, commercial coffee cultivation began in the 18th century, but tea had always been much more present. This changed around 1942 with the establishment of the Coffee Board of India. The government agency promoted coffee cultivation in the Indian highlands, which have perfect climatic conditions with their tropical, jungle-like vegetation. A special feature is their shade grown coffee, which provides the coffee plants with sufficient shade and is one of the main reasons for the special taste of Indian Arabica and Robusta beans, loved by connoisseurs all over the world.

The small island state in Southeast Asia loves and lives coffee cultivation like none other.. Coffee is the number one export and employs around 25% of the population, who pursue coffee production with a passion you can taste. Timor's coffee is of exceptional quality. This is due to the best climatic conditions and the high altitudes of the country, as well as the volcanic soil, which makes pesticides and artificial fertilizers unnecessary.

The country in Oceania has excellent climatic conditions for coffee cultivation. Its diverse landscape, with rugged mountain ranges, deep valleys, and vast plateaus provide a wide variety of flavors. About 75% of the coffee here is grown on small plantations with less than 60 trees, located in the western and eastern highlands (1,300-1,600 meters above sea level). The coffee cultivated is mainly Arabica, with Mundo Novo, Caturra and Bourbon varieties. Robusta, which is grown in the lowlands of the Estern Septik region, accounts for about 5% of the coffee in Papua New Guinea.

When French missionaries brought coffee to Vietnam in 1857, they could not have imagined what it would lead to: The country is now the world's second-largest coffee producer. You read that right, because Vietnam cultivates its beans in a varied landscape with ideal climatic conditions, diligence and commitment - although the full economic potential of the coastal state was not discovered until around 1980. Intensive investment from the Soviet Union and East Germany caused Vietnam's coffee production to skyrocket. Today, the country grows mainly Robusta.