Kalimpong Coffee, the next best offer from Darjeeling Hills after Tea

Plans were being envisaged in 2018 about planting coffee on the slopes of the hills in Kalimpong. West Bengal government and the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) have now decided to develop another area in the state's sub-himalayan region, but with a different beverage – coffee. The state government has brought in saplings of Arabic Chandragiri variety of coffee from Karnataka's Chikmagalur and distributed them for planting in and around Kalimpong.