Spices
Coorg is known for the abundant spices it specializes in growing. Spices include black pepper, green cardamom, clove, cinnamon, and saffron - just to name a few. These spices play a very important role in Indian cooking. Spices are used in different forms: whole, chopped, ground, roasted, sautéed, fried, and as the topping. They blend food to extract the nutrients and bind them in a palatable form. For this reason, Coorg draws in a number of tourists interested in buying whole spices.
Oranges
Coorg oranges are also called Mandarin oranges. Greenish-yellow in color, they have a tight skin and a sweet-sour taste and longer shelf-life compared to their cousins from Nagpur, who tend be usually sweeter. The hilly terrain with well-drained soil and heavy rainfall in the region of cultivation are regarded as the reasons for the unique characteristics of this variety. A must-buy for anyone who wants to take something authentic back from The Scotland of India.
Coffee
Coorg, with it’s, sprawling and lush coffee plantations, is one of the largest producers in the country. Coorg is home to two of the most sought-after strain of coffee beans – Coffee Arrabiata and Coffee Robusta. The specialty of Coorg coffee is the monsoon-fed coffee plantations are grown underneath the shade of massive Rose Wood, Wild Fig, and Jackfruit trees. The strong aroma emanating from a cup of Coorgi coffee will surely make a person consider buying some well-roasted beans for themselves. The history of these plantations is over 400 years.
Chocolates
Who doesn’t loves chocolates? Especially when you have a variety of white, dark and milk chocolate infused with walnuts, almonds, and other dry fruits – surely to excite anyone. Homemade chocolates are sold in slabs. Fine, silky-smooth and melt-in-your-mouth slabs of chocolate slabs are infused with real, rich, crunchy almonds all blended to perfection with rich, silky smooth chocolate. Diabetes-friendly candies and chocolates also allow everyone to have a taste of the home-made chocolates.