ABOUT US
WHO WE ARE?
At The Coffee Co., we are passionate coffee roasters, curators, and creators dedicated to crafting memorable coffee experiences. Rooted in tradition yet driven by innovation, we bridge the gap between estate-fresh coffee and modern brewing.Our journey begins at the source — in the hills of Chikmagalur— where our beans are handpicked with care and grown under shade using sustainable farming practices.
We’re more than just a coffee company — we’re a community of enthusiasts, artisans, and storytellers who believe that every cup tells a tale. Whether it’s your morning ritual or an afternoon escape, we’re here to make sure it’s brewed just right.
We’re more than just a coffee company — we’re a community of enthusiasts, artisans, and storytellers who believe that every cup tells a tale. Whether it’s your morning ritual or an afternoon escape, we’re here to make sure it’s brewed just right.
WHAT WE DO?
The Coffee Co. is a full-spectrum coffee brand that roasts, blends, and brews. We offer freshly roasted coffee beans, handcrafted coffee blends, Nespresso-compatible coffee capsules, and signature hot chocolate for both retail and hospitality. From our roastery in Mangalore, head office in Mumbai & our artisanal cafés across Mumbai, Goa & Ahmedabad, we focus on preserving the purity, consistency, and character of every bean we roast. From Importing Automatic Coffee Machines , Semi- Automatic Coffee Machines & Coffee Grinders , Bean to Cup Coffee Machines & Professional Coffee Machines from Italy and Switzerland we ensure that the customer is ensured of the best possible coffee solution.
Our blends — like Southern Estate, Morning Dew, and REA — cater to all palates, from those who like their coffee mellow and aromatic to those who prefer bold and robust. We also cater to traditional preferences with Uravu Premium Filter Coffee, curated for the perfect South Indian filter experience at home. Our expertise also extends to cafe collaborations with hotels, cafés, and corporate partners, ensuring customized solutions with the same premium quality.
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OUR STORY
The Coffee Co. was born from a simple, soulful idea: to make great coffee accessible, traceable, and unforgettable. Founded by Mr. Gerson Aranha- Coffee Enthusiast with deep roots in coffee cultivation and a love for storytelling, our brand was created to celebrate the craft — from bean to brew. Starting with a single roastery in Mangalore, we built our foundation on quality, relationships, and a deep respect for origin.
Every blend we create is a chapter in our journey — a reflection of where we come from and who we are. Our house blends are made from estate-sourced, shade-grown Arabica beans, often handpicked and sorted to preserve their natural character. We roast in small batches to ensure freshness, maintain flavor integrity, and uphold our commitment to sustainable practices.
From cozy café collaborations in premium hotel lounges like Artisan- Sofitel Mumbai BKC, Cafe Deli-Tel- Novotel Ahmedabad,The Little Place- Novotel Candolim Goa & Brew Code- Holiday Inn Andheri and online offerings, The Coffee Co. continues to evolve — but always with the same purpose: to serve you coffee that feels personal, tastes exceptional, and tells a story worth sipping.
To share our passion for great coffee with the world humbly, as evangelists our obsession and constancy without discrimination.
True to the Cup
Whatever we do has to have zero negative impact on final cup. No dishonest shortcuts to make quick profits.
Consistent
Put processes in place. Stick with people. Stick with places. Stick with customers. Don’t let your mood or the weather change who you are being, or what you’re offering.
Genuine
Until you don’t feel it, don’t say it or do it. And if you say it, make sure you start to feel it, and begin to do the same. Consistency weaves through our thoughts, feelings, words and actions.
Humble Authority
We might know more than the customer or anybody else in the world, which shouldn’t be a matter of pride, but of generosity. Without being condescending, we can share our genuine love for coffee with the intention that the other person falls deeper in love with coffee.
Evolving
Be open to new ideas. New ways to bring that cup to our clients. Be the authority, but also be a learner. Constantly growing, only so that we can constantly enrich the lives of our customers.
You can’t fake good coffee. Or genuine intentions. You might get some people to agree with your idea of good coffee, but you can’t swing the discerning. You can’t get them to fall in love with the first cup they encounter. No way.
You can expect the discerning to know a medium roast from a dark, and a single estate from a blended. And a French pressed coffee from an aeropressed. And definitely nothing chicory for these palates. They will travel the world, taste the coffees along the Champs-Élysées, and the Prague, and finally come back home to a coffee from a local estate.
Or maybe not. To each their own.
One thing’s for sure, when they find their perfect cup, they want it just the way it is, until eternity.
No change in crop, or grade of roast, or clogging of their coffee machine to ruin their go-to cup. And that’s how we like to keep our coffee.
Not trying to impress everybody and anybody. Just keeping the ones who fall in love with our coffee, in love with our coffee forever. Keeping everything the same.
The crop. The process. The roast. The brewing. Everything consistent. And we can only do this with a focus on being true to that one cup. From start to end. You will find us genuinely interested in giving you a great cup of coffee. With a fanatical focus on consistency.
With an adamant emphasis on meddling in the roasting. With an unstoppable urge to train baristas, and keep our machines in peak shape. Pouring our hearts into every cup.
We are focussed on sharing our love for coffee with the world.
Helping the world find their one true cup
OUR JOURNEY SO FAR
December 2002
First steps to taking the plunge. In those days it was Maharashta sales tax and central sales tax. Thought of the brand southern estate and got it registered as a trademark.
March 3, 2003
My cousin introduced me to the owner of Tex International who would roast our first batch. The first blend just came up by chance. No research. Roast colour and blend just came up.
March 31, 2003
Quit my job. Had been working for 3 years and went about setting up Nilgiri Foods and beverages as the business was known then. We sourced coffee from Tex international.
June 2003
Felt the need to have another stronger blend and to have a different positioning so Rea, pure coffee was born.
December 2003
We procured our first JURA coffee machine from a company that existed in India then- Bohemian Crystal company.
December 2004
In 2004, Moshes started ordering our coffee in Mumbai. It was an easily recognizable brand then and it helped us to get into more hotels and restaurants. We also added Café Mondegar, though more known for their beers, who wanted to start a morning coffee program. Another customer to be added this year was bagelshop that was owned by Matan, Philippe and Georgie, owners of Zenzi in Bandra. They are all our customers even now.
July 2006
Moved to our first office from being a home based business. Cause it was more difficult to get large quantities of coffee into a flat.
2009
Our coffee first goes to Theobroma, when they opened their second store at Bandra. . The coffee at Theobroma is still ours, 250+ stores later.
July 2011
The opportunity to purchase tex international presented itself. It was renamed Artex International and our journey as a roaster started. We added a filter coffee blend that was developed by a very respected person in the Indian coffee industry.
2012
Morning Dew Arabica was developed especially for eat around the corner. The blend was benchmarked against the world famous illy and we replaced illy at the café. It went through some extensive round of tasting.
The Co-owner of Café Zoe : Jeremie pushed us to develop a balanced version of Southern estate and therefore southern estate was born.
2015
Imported our first batch of Gaggia Coffee machines directly from Gaggia Italy.
Our first collaboration with Westin to serve coffee at the Prego/ Pronto for the offices below the Westin Hotel, Goregaon. This was followed by managing the coffee programs at both the Oberoi International Schools.
2019
Decided to import professional coffee machines. So started with BFC coffee machines.
Our second café collobarations started at Courtyard by marriott hotel, JB nagar followed by Port Muziris, A tribute hotel in Kochi.
March 3, 2020
Coffeeco India Pvt Ltd was formed and took over the business of Nilgiri foods and beverages which was a proprietory concern.
October 2020
To get through the difficult period, we decided to pivot our business towards coffee machines. Since consumption of coffee at homes had started to increase. Our pan India sales network.
December 2022
Our first full fledged collaboration began with the Artisan, Sofitel. It took their coffee program to another level and is still the best place to have coffee at BKC.
April 2024
Our collaborations with marriott executive apartment Vashi and Novotel Ahmedabad
June 2024
We start to work on our filter coffee brand. We rechristened it Uravu.
October 2024
Our collaboration with Novotel Candolim takes shape.
December 2024
We collaborate with Caramelly and our first batch of capsules are out.
February 2025
We sign an exclusive sales and distribution contract with Magister Sistema coffee machines of Italy to sell their coffee machines in the Indian sub continent. We also sign up with Eureka grinders.
December 2002.
First steps to taking the plunge. In those days it was Maharashta sales tax and central sales tax. Thought of the brand southern estate and got it registered as a trademark.
March 3, 2003
My cousin introduced me to the owner of Tex International who would roast our first batch. The first blend just came up by chance. No research. Roast colour and blend just came up.
March 31, 2003
Quit my job. Had been working for 3 years and went about setting up Nilgiri Foods and beverages as the business was known then. We sourced coffee from Tex international.
June 2003
Felt the need to have another stronger blend and to have a different positioning so Rea, pure coffee was born.
December 2003
We procured our first JURA coffee machine from a company that existed in India then- Bohemian Crystal company.
December 2004
We moved to Badra industries as our roasting partner.
In 2004, Moshes started ordering our coffee in Mumbai. It was an easily recognizable brand then and it helped us to get into more hotels and restaurants. We also added Café Mondegar, though more known for their beers, who wanted to start a morning coffee program. Another customer to be added this year was bagelshop that was owned by Matan, Philippe and Georgie, owners of Zenzi in bandra. They are all our customers even now.
July 2006
Moved to our first office from being a home based business. Cause it was more difficult to get large quantities of coffee into a flat.
2009
Our coffee first goes to Theobroma, when they opened their second store at Bandra. . The coffee at Theobroma is still ours, 250+ stores later.
July 2011
The opportunity to purchase tex international presented itself. It was renamed Artex International and our journey as a roaster started. We added a filter coffee blend that was developed by a very respected person in the Indian coffee industry.
2012
Morning Dew Arabica was developed especially for eat around the corner. The blend was benchmarked against the world famous illy and we replaced illy at the café. It went through some extensive round of tasting.
The Co-owner of Café Zoe : Jeremie pushed us to develop a balanced version of Southern estate and therefore southern estate was born.
2015
Imported our first batch of Gaggia Coffee machines directly from Gaggia Italy.
Our first collaboration with Westin to serve coffee at the Prego/ Pronto for the offices below the Westin Hotel, Goregaon. This was followed by managing the coffee programs at both the Oberoi International Schools.
2019
Decided to import professional coffee machines. So started with BFC coffee machines.
Our second café collobarations started at Courtyard by marriott hotel, JB nagar followed by Port Muziris, A tribute hotel in Kochi.
March 3, 2020
Coffeeco India Pvt Ltd was formed and took over the business of Nilgiri Foods and beverages which was a proprietory concern.
October 2020
To get through the difficult period, we decided to pivot our business towards coffee machines. Since consumption of coffee at homes had started to increase. Our pan India sales network.
December 2022
Our first full fledged collaboration began with the Artisan, Sofitel. It took their coffee program to another level and is still the best place to have coffee at BKC.
April 2024
Our collaborations with Marriott Executive Apartment Vashi and Novotel Ahmedabad
June 2024
We start to work on our filter coffee brand. We rechristened it Uravu.
October 2024
Our collaboration with Novotel Candolim takes shape.
December 2024
We collaborate with Caramelly and our first batch of capsules are out.
February 2025
We sign an exclusive sales and distribution contract with Magister Sistema coffee machines of Italy to sell their coffee machines in the Indian sub continent. We also sign up with Eureka grinders.
