Saptagiri Plantation sits in the hills of Koraput, southern Odisha, not far from the Eastern Ghats. These are 1,000–1,500 metre highlands, wrapped in mist, monsoon clouds, and red laterite soil that holds both water and memory.
This is not Coorg, not Chikmagalur, not the famous belts of Indian coffee. This is Koraput — once written off as too remote, too poor, too eroded for coffee. But here, on these slopes, a different story is being written.
Founded by Susanto Panda in 1996, the estate began as bare, denuded land. Today it is shaded terraces of Arabica, Robusta, and even rare Liberica varieties. It is a place where tribal communities hand-pick cherries, where families live alongside pets and visitors, and where the smell of drying coffee mixes with wet earth after rain.
Saptagiri Plantation is not a fantasy postcard. It is a working landscape — a garden that feeds people, supports schools, and keeps alive the hope that Koraput can make coffee the world will remember.
Saptagiri Plantation, Rajuguda, lies about 25 km from Koraput town and 45 km from Jeypore, nestled in the Eastern Ghats. From Bhubaneswar, the route spans nearly 500 km by road/rail. The nearest railway station is Koraput Junction, while the closest airport is Jeypore Domestic Airport, with regular flights from Bhubaneswar and Visakhapatnam.
Saptagiri Plantation lies in the Eastern Ghats highlands — uplifted hills of Koraput, Odisha — at altitudes around 900-1500 metres above sea level, with red laterite soils that retain moisture well. The terrain is undulating: terraced slopes, forested valleys, wild shade trees, intermittent streams, and steep rainfall. Annual rainfall runs high (~1500-1600 mm), mostly during the southwest monsoon, which keeps the hills lush but demands care for erosion. Temperatures swing between cool winter mists (~10-15°C) to warm summer afternoons (~30-35°C).
Agriculturally, the land supports shade-grown Arabica and some experimental varietals (Liberica); mixed cropping (fruit trees, pepper vines, indigenous trees) is common. The forest cover is strong around coffee patches. Soil cover, shade trees, and traditional practices help prevent soil loss. The agricultural economy here is smallholder, largely tribal, labor-intensive, and heavily dependent on climate cycles.
Our story began when our founder, Susanto Panda, looked at the barren hills of Rajuguda and refused to accept that they were finished. With his family, he started planting coffee on rough slopes, learning each season, failing at times, and slowly bringing life back to the soil. What you see today as Saptagiri Plantation grew out of years of sweat, patience, and faith.
But this is not just our family’s farm. Tribal neighbors became partners, pickers, and caretakers of the land. Together we built not only coffee rows but a living community. From here, Dream Hill Coffee was born — not as a brand, but as a promise that every cup you drink carries our land, our people, and our journey.
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