Tata Coffee is planning to start a modern roastery in Kushal Nagar, Coorg in Karnataka. The Rs 3-crore, 375-tonne-a-year roaster is fully-automated. Last year, the company had inked a deal with Starbucks to source and roast premium coffee beans for the global coffee chain.
The roastery, which conforms to the best food safety standards, will source and roast the best Arabica coffee beans from Tata Coffee estates for Starbucks as well as other coffee retailers. While the new roastery will supply in India to Starbucks, which will roll-out its cafes later this year, Starbucks can also send the beans to its outlets abroad as well.
