Nara Lokesh seeks SLN Coffee’s support to take premium Araku coffee to global markets

Visakhapatnam: Minister for Education, IT and Electronics Nara Lokesh urged SLN Coffee to procure premium Araku Coffee for key international markets, including the Middle East, Europe, Southeast Asia and Russia.

During a meeting with SLN Coffee Chairman and Managing Director N. Sathappan in Visakhapatnam, Lokesh requested the company to collaborate with the Andhra Pradesh Girijan Co-Operative Corporation (GCC) for processing, marketing and distribution of Araku Coffee.

He also proposed setting up Levista Cafés, a subsidiary of SLN Coffee, at wayside facilities along highways and in major urban centres. He suggested that locations around Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Amaravati and Tirupati would be suitable for this initiative.

Speaking on the occasion, SLN Coffee Chairman and MD Sathappan stated that SLN Coffee Private Limited operates its own integrated manufacturing, processing and curing units for coffee. He stated that the company has an annual curing and green bean trading capacity of 30,000 to 50,000 metric tonnes.

More than 80 per cent of SLN Coffee's total revenue comes from markets in the Middle East, Europe, Southeast Asia, Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region, he said.

Sathappan assured that the company would examine the proposals put forward by the Andhra Pradesh government.

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Potnuru Srinivasa Rao (Vasu Potnuru) is an experienced journalist specialised in politics, sports, crime, general topics and tribal stories. With 18 years of writing and reporting expertise, he contributes to The Hans India's editorial department as Principal Correspondent based in Visakhapatnam. Vasu Potnuru completed his Bachelor of Business Management. Earlier, he worked as a staff reporter in a leading Telugu vernacular. During free time, the journalist spends time listening to music, playing cricket and shuttle badminton. Vasu Potnuru, an accomplished writer, honed his expertise in various genres such as politics, crime, sports and general topics. He received an award from the HYBIZ Media Awards for the Best Rural Story in both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Also, he bagged the Best Crime Reporter Award in Visakhapatnam. He serves in different unions of working journalists and contributes to service activities.

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