A recent report shows that coffee grown by the tribal women in Visakhapatnam have made to the finals of the coffee cupping competition to be held in Berne, Switzerland, on May 17. As per S. Mushtaq, Deputy Director (extension) of the Coffee Board:
The objective of the Board in organising the contest in Berne is that it coincides with the Conference and Exhibition of Specialty Coffee Association of Europe, which will also hold the World Barista Championship around the same time in which over 1,000 delegates are expected to participate. It will give us a great opportunity to showcase our coffees.
The Coffee Board had sent 199 samples of coffee were sent from India out of which 40 coffees made to the finals among which two were from Andhra Pradesh. The growing presence of Indian coffees at the coffee competition itself proves the capacity of India to emerge as the best and biggest coffee producers.
