coffee is grown in three regions of india with karnataka, kerala and tamil nadu forming the traditional coffee growing region, followed by the new areas developed in the non-traditional areas of andhra pradesh and orissa in the eastern coast of the country and with a third region comprising the states of assam, manipur, meghalaya, mizoram, tripura, nagaland and arunachal pradesh of northeastern india, popularly known as “seven sister states of india".