India’s ‘First Coffee’ Along with Four Others Obtains GI Tag

• The Geographical Indications Registry granted the Geographical Indication (GI) tag to the following varieties of coffee on March 1, 2019.
  1. Bababudangiri Arabica Coffee – Chikmagalur district, Karnataka (also known as birthplace of coffee in India)
  2. Chikmagalur Arabica Coffee – Chikmagalur district, Karnataka
  3. Coorg Arabica Coffee – Kodagu district, Karnataka
  4. Wayanad Robusta Coffee – Wayanad district, Kerala
  5. Araku Valley Arabica Coffee – around Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh and Koraput district, Odisha