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    Home » Single Origin Coffee Beans » Indonesian Coffees » Nepal Coffee - Nepalese Coffee Beans

    Himalayan Coffee Beans

    Coffee production in Nepal has been steadily increasing in recent years. Cultivated in the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains, Himalayan Java coffee of Nepal is grown at altitudes from 3,000 to 6,000 feet above sea level primarily in the districts of Kavre, Palpa, Lapitpur and Gulmi.

    According to producers in Nepal, the majority of coffee in the Himalayas is newly planted and therefore "organically grown" and call themselves organic, though few companies or producers actually carry an Organic certification on their labels. The standard growing practice involves planting coffee among taller trees, providing shade.

    Himalayan Coffee Harvesting and Processing

    Coffee harvest season in Nepal is in December and January. This is when the coffee cherry are hand-picked at peak ripeness. The predominant method of coffee processing in Nepal is wet processing though dry processing is also used and formerly was the favored method.

    During wet processing the coffee cherry are put through the pulping process within twenty-four hours of harvest. Pulper operators are typically co-operatives or coffee processors who sell the green coffee beans (unroasted coffee beans) to the District Coffee Producer Association (DCPA) or co-operatives.

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    During dry processing the coffee cherry are dried naturally in the sun for about three weeks and then collected by farmer co-operatives or Processors who pulp the coffee cherry to extract the green coffee beans. The green coffee beans are purchased by Himalayan Java only from DCPAs and co-operatives.

    Coffees of Nepal - Himalayan Coffee Cultivation

    Himalayan Java grows the Caturra coffee plant varietal (an Arabica varietal) at about 2,300 feet above sea level at the foot of the Ganesh Himal mountain range about seventy kilometers north of the capital Kathmandu.

    Any higher elevation would risk frost that could damage the fragile coffee plants. However at this latitude the frost-free valley in the northern belt of Nepal provides optimal coffee growing conditions.

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    Green Coffee Production

    Year60kg bagsCoffee grown
    20162,000 bags264,000 pounds
    20151,070 bags141,293 pounds
    20142,120 bags279,827 pounds
    2013899 bags118,615 pounds
    20121,207 bags159,364 pounds

    Green Coffee Exports

    Year60kg bagsCoffee exported
    201600 pounds
    20151,070141,240 pounds
    20142,120279,840 pounds
    2013900118,800 pounds
    20121,210159,720 pounds

    Data may not be available for the most recent year.
    Source: ICO


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    1. Frank Guthrie

      March 14, 2019 at 6:58 am

      Where can I buy Nepali coffee beans in England?

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    2. Madhav Devkota

      August 30, 2012 at 7:34 am

      I think it is the great efforts to promote the refined arabica beans of Nepal.

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