Drought hit coffee farmers in Brazil hard last year, drying up trees and driving global prices to record highs. But Rodrigo Brondani is expecting a bumper harvest.

The United States was Brazilian coffee's biggest buyer in 2024, with purchases of 8.13 million 60 kilogram bags, according to Cecafe, accounting for a 16% share of total Brazilian coffee exports.

The quaint hill station in Karnataka is touted as the birthplace of Indian coffee. Arabica and Robusta varieties grow here and it houses a coffee museum.