Everything you need to know about sourcing from the Koraput highlands.

Odisii Coffee is an origin-led green coffee sourcing, processing, and post-harvest management enterprise headquartered in the Koraput highlands of Odisha, India. Rather than operating as a conventional middleman or consumer café brand, Odisii works directly at the farm level with indigenous tribal smallholders.

We intervene at every critical point of transformation—from selective red cherry harvesting and gravity flotation to precision fermentation, African raised-bed drying, and mechanical hulling. Our primary mission is to connect traceable, quality-focused Indian highland green coffee with domestic and international specialty roasters, commercial coffee buyers, and café chains. Learn more on our Our Story page.

The Koraput microclimate in the Eastern Ghats supports high-elevation Arabica as well as fine Canephora (Robusta) and heritage varietals:

• Arabica S.795: Renowned for balanced, winey acidity, dark chocolate undertones, and subtle floral notes.
• Arabica Selection 9: Prized for delicate cup clarity, bright citrus acidity, and tropical fruit complexity.
• Arabica Chandragiri: Compact tree structure producing dense, sweet cherries with caramel and stone fruit profiles.
• Fine Canephora (Robusta S274): Full-bodied, low acidity, dark cocoa, toasted hazelnut, and dense crema.
• Heritage Trees: Select forest micro-lots of Liberica and Excelsa grown under polyculture canopy shade.

Koraput coffee is cultivated at elevations ranging between 3,000 and 3,500+ feet (900–1,200 meters ASL). The terroir features mineral-dense lateritic red soils, deep mountain mist, and 1,400–1,800mm of annual monsoon precipitation.

Crucially, Koraput experiences sharp diurnal temperature shifts during the winter ripening months (warm 25°C daytime sun followed by crisp 8°C–12°C highland nights). This extends cherry maturation to 8–9 months, accumulating high sucrose content and vibrant organic acids within the bean structure.

Coffee in Koraput is predominantly grown by indigenous tribal families across ancestral holdings of 0.5 to 2 acres. Traditionally, farmers sold unsorted raw cherries to itinerant traders at heavy discounts.

Odisii establishes direct village aggregation centers, runs pre-harvest selective picking workshops, provides calibrated harvest rings, and guarantees substantial premium compensation pegged to ripe cherry percentages (Brix sweetness) rather than raw weight. This model keeps capital inside farming villages while elevating cup quality for buyers.

We operate four primary processing workflows designed to showcase the Koraput origin:

• Washed (Wet Process): Depulped, fermented in clean mountain spring water tanks, and dried on raised mesh beds for pristine cup clarity.
• Natural (Dry Process): Full-ripe whole cherries sun-dried on elevated African beds for intense berry sweetness and syrupy mouthfeel.
• Honey Sun-Dried (HSD): Pulped cherries dried with mucilage intact (Yellow, Red, or Black Honey), offering balanced acidity and peach/honey sweetness.
• Controlled Anaerobic: Cherries sealed in food-grade anaerobic fermenters for 48–72 hours with temperature tracking for exotic tropical aromatics.

Read full stage-by-stage documentation on our Our Approach page.

Our seasonal specialty Arabica micro-lots regularly score between 82.00 and 87.50 points on the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) 100-point protocol. Tasting profiles showcase:

• Aromatics: Brown sugar, orange blossom, cocoa nibs, dried figs, and wild honey.
• Acidity & Body: Malic citrus acidity, rounded medium-to-heavy body, and clean cocoa finish.
• Fine Canephora: Scores 82+ points with rich dark chocolate, toasted hazelnut, and dense crema—perfect for specialty espresso blending.

Every lot follows a rigorous 5-step quality gate:

1. Flotation Sizing: Immersion in spring water tanks to screen out floaters, under-ripe fruit, and debris.
2. Hand & Optical Sorting: Manual inspection ensuring 90%+ deep red cherry selection.
3. Raised Bed Drying: Raked every 45 minutes on elevated mesh beds to ensure 360° airflow and zero contact with dirt.
4. Digital Moisture Control: Calibrated testing until parchment stabilizes at 10.5% – 11.5% moisture.
5. Mechanical Hulling & Screen Sizing: Graded to Screen 17/18 (Plantation A), Screen 16 (Plantation B), and Peaberry.

Yes, absolutely. We encourage specialty roasters and coffee directors to test our lots on their own lab roasters (Ikawa, Roest, sample drum roasters).

We supply 250g to 500g green coffee sample boxes across available varietals and processing lots. Each sample includes a physical lot specification sheet (screen size distribution, green moisture %, harvest date, and cupping notes). Request your sample kit via the form below or message WhatsApp (+91 70082 97114).

Our sourcing model accommodates independent micro-roasters through to large commercial roasting operations:

• Specialty Micro-Lots: Minimum order of one single 30kg or 60kg GrainPro bag.
• Regional Estate Lots: 300kg to 1,000kg (5 to 15 bags) for seasonal house blends.
• Commercial Wholesale Lots: Multi-ton orders (5 MT, 10 MT, 20 MT FCL containers) for commercial roasters and café chains.

The Koraput coffee harvest runs from November through February:

• Arabica: Ripe cherry picking peaks between late November and January.
• Canephora (Robusta): Harvested throughout January and February.

Following harvest, parchment coffee is rested in temperature-controlled parchment warehouses for 60 to 90 days to stabilize water activity. Fresh-crop green coffee is ready for sample dispatch and commercial shipment starting March/April.

All specialty green coffee is double-bagged using multi-layer hermetic GrainPro or Ecotact moisture-barrier liner bags. These airtight liners lock in delicate volatile aromatic compounds and protect the green beans against humidity fluctuations, pest ingress, and ambient odors.

The inner liner is enclosed inside a heavy-duty, food-grade biodegradable jute sack (standard 30kg or 60kg) marked with origin identifiers, lot numbers, harvest year, and screen grade.

We dispatch daily to roasteries across Bengaluru, Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad, Pune, Chennai, Kolkata, and tier-2 coffee hubs.

Depending on consignment size, orders are shipped via trusted logistics partners (V-Trans, Safexpress, Delhivery Surface, or dedicated freight trucks for multi-pallet volume orders). Consignments include full transit insurance, digital consignment notes, and door-to-door tracking.

Yes. We partner with international green coffee importers, brokers, and roasteries across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region.

International shipments are handled under standard Incoterms (FOB Port of Visakhapatnam, Chennai, or Nhava Sheva, or CIF to your destination port). We coordinate all regulatory documentation including Phytosanitary Certificates issued by the Plant Quarantine Organization of India, Certificate of Origin, Coffee Board of India ICO certification, and bill of lading (B/L).

Yes, custom processing is one of our most valued B2B services. Roasters can book dedicated cherry tonnage prior to harvest (August to October) and design custom processing protocols:

• Targeted anaerobic fermentation durations (48, 72, or 96 hours)
• Specialized yeast inoculations (e.g. Lalcafe Oro/Cima strains)
• Specific mucilage retention percentages (Yellow Honey vs Red Honey vs Black Honey)
• Shade-drying regimes on specific raised bed micro-zones.

Explore custom processing details on our Services page.

All coffee sourced by Odisii is 100% shade-grown under multi-tiered native forest canopies in the Eastern Ghats. Overstory shade trees include Silver Oak, Jackfruit, Mango, and indigenous wild fig, with black pepper vines cultivated alongside coffee shrubs.

This natural agroforestry canopy preserves soil moisture on highland slopes, protects bird habitats, eliminates the need for intensive irrigation, and builds natural organic fertility through fallen leaf mulch, minimizing synthetic agrochemicals.

Every lot released by Odisii is accompanied by a transparent Lot Specification Sheet documenting:

• Tribal grower cluster or village name and GPS elevation range (m ASL)
• Botanical cultivar (S.795, Selection 9, Chandragiri, S274)
• Harvest intake dates and flotation sorting metrics
• Fermentation hours, drying days, and target moisture curve
• Screen size breakdown (Screen 17/18, Screen 16, Peaberry)
• Independent Q-cupping score and detailed sensory tasting descriptors.

Leveraging our ground experience in Koraput, Odisii consults for estate owners, agricultural government bodies, and non-profit development partners across non-traditional coffee zones.

Our advisory covers wet mill / dry mill design, construction of raised drying yards engineered for microclimatic wind currents, selective harvesting workforce training, and setting up on-site quality control cupping labs. Contact our consulting team via Services.

Yes, absolutely. While celebrated for boutique 84+ specialty micro-lots, Odisii aggregates substantial volume across Koraput.

We supply clean, uniform, high-density commercial Arabica and fine Robusta lots engineered for high extraction yields, rich crema, and sweetness. These lots provide café chains, cold brew brands, and commercial roasteries with a reliable, consistent Indian origin backbone for signature blends.

Yes, we welcome origin visits! We host coffee roasters, green buyers, and institutional partners during peak harvest from December through February.

Visiting roasters can cup freshly processed lots at our origin lab, tour tribal coffee groves, inspect raised drying beds, and meet the smallholder families behind the crop. Contact us via WhatsApp or email at least 3 weeks ahead to coordinate origin logistics.

Initiating a green coffee sourcing partnership takes just a few moments:

1. Complete the Green Coffee Enquiry Form below with your desired volume, varietal, and processing preferences.
2. Or tap the WhatsApp button (+91 70082 97114) to chat directly with directors Santosh Sabbana and Partha Sarathi Behura.
3. Our team will share our current harvest green coffee availability list, lot specifications, sample options, and wholesale terms within 24 hours.