Mysore Coffee

The smoothest but strong coffee with a clean edge to the taste.

A little bit of South Indian History

We visit Mysore almost every year, and Mysore coffee has become one of those tastes we always look forward to. It isn’t easy to find in the UK, so I was genuinely pleased to come across it on Coffee-Direct. The flavour is just as I remember it — mellow, smooth, and the sort of coffee you can drink at any time of day. Mysore coffee has a long history behind that gentle flavour. Most of it comes from the old coffee-growing districts of Karnataka — places like Chikmagalur and Kodagu — where Arabica has been cultivated since the 1600s, after the Sufi saint Baba Budan famously brought seven coffee seeds from Yemen and planted them in the hills above Chikmagalur. Over time the region developed its own identity in the coffee world, producing the large, clean Arabica beans known as “Mysore Nuggets,” prized for their low acidity and naturally sweet, balanced taste. So for anyone who’s never tried it, Mysore coffee isn’t just smooth to drink — it carries a bit of South Indian history with it too.

Yum!

Lovely, coffee with low acidity. It has a delicious malty aroma and light coloured beans. Makes a nice change from the burnt smell of larger commercial bean sellers!