Our Journey

DISCOVER OUR JOURNEY

PASSIONATE HUMAN CHAIN

A Unique Social Model

Since 2001, our farmers, coffee and agricultural experts have worked together to create this unique distribution model in the coffee world: a new form of social enterprise that is committed to delivering shared value, where the business does well while also doing good for the community.

FULLY INTEGRATED COFFEE

Quality and direct trade

Araku has been created by the coming together of international coffee experts and the farmers of our cooperative. Together, they have made this journey possible: creating the first fully integrated value chain of coffee.

SPECIALTY COFFEE

A unique taste profile

Araku coffee is a pure arabica with a rare aromatic profile combining smoothness, balance and roundness. It is created by our French coffeeologist Hippolyte Courty, guaranteeing utmost quality at each step, from the plantation to the cup.

EXPLORE OUR COFFEES

ORIGIN INDIA

Grand Cru Terroir

Araku coffee is grown in ancestral terroirs located on the highlands of the Araku Valley, in the Eastern Ghats of India. Exclusively grown in our ecologically farmed coffee plantations, Araku is certified organic, grown in micro-lots and selectively harvested to fully express the richness of its unique character.

STRAIGHT FROM OUR
FARM TO YOUR CUP

As a result of the work of passionate men and women from farmers to experts, Araku is the first 100% organic single-origin coffee from India whose journey from the coffee plant to your cup bypasses the middle men.

Pillars of
support

Our Board of Directors

Mr. Satish
Reddy

Chairman, Dr Reddy’s
Laboratories Ltd

Mr. Senapathy ‘Kris’
Gopalakrishnan

Co-founder, Infosys.

“The entire Araku region has benefitted from this and that was the whole idea. The story isn’t over yet. We need to continue to build, support and grow a market for Araku”

Mr. Anand
Mahindra

Chairman, Mahindra Group

“We are focused on making Araku a globally recognized luxury coffee brand, while helping improve the lives of people in the Araku valley”

Mr. Manoj
Kumar

CEO, Naandi Foundation

“By retailing in Paris with a flagship store in the Marais region and winning best coffee awards in France, we have started rewriting history for the Adivasi small farmers, the Araku region, Indian coffee, and social entrepreneurship.”