Country: India
Process: Natural
Variety: SLN5, SLN7, SLN9, Catuvai, S795
Region: Thuraiguda, Vishakhapatnam
Altitude: 900 - 1100 MASL
Flavor: Red grapes, raisins , dried mango
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In the south east of India running down to the Bay of Bengal lies the coastal state of Andra Pradesh, eight largest state in India and 10th most populous. In the north east, close to the border of Odisha, lies the Araku Valley, formed as part of the Eastern Ghats,a discontinuous mountain range that runs from Odisha in the north to Tamil Nadu in the
south.
印度東南部，直至孟加拉灣，坐落著沿海邦安得拉邦。
安得拉邦是印度面積第八大、人口第十多的邦。在東北部，靠近奧裡薩邦邊界的是阿拉庫山谷，它是東高止山脈的一部分。東高止山脈是一條斷斷續續的山脈，從北部的奧裡薩邦延伸到南部的泰米爾納德邦。
Coffee was introduced here in the early 1900’s from neighbouring Pamuleru Valley,and in 2007 Small and Marginal Tribal Farmers Mutually Aided Cooperative Society(SAMTFMACS), a coffee farmer cooperative, was formed to push the coffee production there even further. It operates across seven mandals in the area (a further sub-division
of four revenue divisions within the district), Araku, Hukumpeta, Dumbriguda, Anathagiri, Paderu, Pedhabaylu and Munchinpet – covering 13,560 of land used for growing coffee.
咖啡於20世紀初從鄰近的帕穆勒魯山谷引進此地。 2007年，為了進一步推動當地咖啡生產，成立了小型和邊緣部落農民互助合作社（SAMTFMACS），這是一個咖啡種植戶合作社。該合作社的業務涵蓋該地區的七個鄉鎮（該地區由四個稅收區進一步劃分），包括阿拉庫、胡昆佩塔、杜姆布里古達、阿納塔吉里、帕特魯、佩達巴伊盧和蒙欽佩特，種植面積達13560英畝，全部用於咖啡種植。
An area that used slash and burn deforestation techniques that reduced the land to semi wasteland and with no traditional knowledge of how to grow coffee, production was low and of poor quality. By providing technical support and training in all areas needed for a small farmer, the cooperative has managed to significantly increase the quality and quantity of coffee grown. Coffee is now shade grown and an agricultural understanding has been developed alongside better business management skills to improve the yields and therefore income of the farmers. The further introduction of a programme based around the quality reward structure of Cup of Excellence has led to the Gems of Araku – a quality focused microlot based offering.
該地區曾採用刀耕火種的砍伐方式，導致土地淪為半荒地，且缺乏傳統的咖啡種植知識，因此咖啡產量低、品質差。合作社透過為小農戶提供所需的各項技術支援和培訓，顯著提高了咖啡的產量和品質。如今，咖啡採用蔭蔽種植，農民不僅掌握了農業知識，也提升了商業管理技能，從而提高了產量，增加了收入。此外，合作社還引入了以「卓越杯」（Cup of Excellence）品質獎勵機制為基礎的項目，並推出了「阿拉庫之珠」（Gems of Araku）——一個專注於品質的微批次咖啡系列。
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