Coffee

Water

Rain falls about 6 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 1,140 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 850 mm it can use in a normal year, and 720 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 14–28 °C on average, and survives 10–34 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Jun 29 °C / 19 °C
• Jul 26 °C / 19 °C
• Aug 25 °C / 19 °C
• Sep 25 °C / 17 °C
• Oct 23 °C / 13 °C
• Nov 19 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 16 °C / 5 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 13 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 17 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 21 °C / 10 °C
• Apr 27 °C / 14 °C
• May 29 °C / 18 °C
• Jun 29 °C / 19 °C

Nights in December can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.

Soil

Soil for Coffee: 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• The pH here suits it.

Likes pH 5.5–7.0.

Money

A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 3 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.

No yield records for this crop yet.

On rain alone it gets about 74% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 74% of this yield.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025–February 2026): about ₹21,150 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹21,400 a quintal, the middle of 4 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).

Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.

Prices are usually best in December.