Anand Mahindra on Araku coffee being gifted to G20 leaders: 'Very, very proud'

Anand Mahindra is the chairman of the board of Araku Originals. (Image credit: ANI)

Anand Mahindra on Tuesday said that gifting hampers of Andhra Pradesh's Araku Coffee to the heads of states at the G20 Summit was the perfect idea. He added that as chairman of the board of Araku Originals, this achievement made him "very, very proud".

"As the Chairman of the board of Araku Originals, I can’t argue with this choice of gift! It just makes me very, very proud. Araku Coffee is the perfect example of ‘The best in the World, Grown in India'," Anand Mahindra wrote on X.

As the Chairman of the Board of Araku Originals, I can’t argue with this choice of gift! It just makes me very, very proud. Araku Coffee is the perfect example of ‘The best in the World, Grown in India’… https://t.co/VxIaQT6nZL

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— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) September 12, 2023

The Mahindra Group chairperson also shared an ANI report on the Centre presenting special gift hampers to the G20 leaders which included Araku Coffee.

The coffee is special because it is the world’s first terroir-mapped coffee, grown on organic plantations in the Araku Valley of Andhra Pradesh. The Arabica coffee beans have a rare aromatic profile and are known for their unique texture and flavour.

Together with the non-profit Naandi Foundation, the company introduced to the world coffee grown in the Araku region and handpicked by tribal farmers.

Araku Coffee is available in nine countries and has flagship stores in Paris and Bengaluru.

Apart from Anand Mahindra, Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan and chairperson of Dr Reddy's Laboratories Satish Reddy are also on the board of the company.

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