indian coffee, grown mostly in southern states under monsoon rainfall conditions, is also termed as “indian monsooned coffee". its flavour is defined as: "the best indian coffee reaches the flavour characteristics of pacific coffees, but at its worst it is simply bland and uninspiring”. the two well known species of coffee grown are the arabica and robusta. the first variety that was introduced in the baba budan giri hill ranges of karnataka in the 17th century was marketed over the years under the brand names of kent and s.795.