Omninova International sources turmeric, black pepper and coffee grown by hill farming communities in Andhra Pradesh's Araku Valley — and is bringing Iranian saffron into the same collection. Grown in shade, harvested by hand, exported to Germany, the United States and beyond.
In Araku, coffee, pepper and turmeric aren't grown in separate fields — they share the same shaded plots, the same red soil, the same farming families. Saffron, from the high plains of Iran, will join them soon.
Deep-gold rhizomes cured by hand in the same hill soil that shades the coffee groves.
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Vines trained up the same silver oak and jackfruit trees that shelter the coffee.
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Shade-grown Arabica from a GI-recognised hill region, hand-picked and sun-dried.
View dossier →Araku Valley sits in the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, at an elevation where the air stays cool even when the plains below are baking. Coffee arrived here in the late 1800s; pepper vines have long since climbed the same shade trees; turmeric grows in the plots between. Most of the farmers tending this land belong to the region's Adivasi tribal communities, working smallholdings often under two acres.
Omninova International's role is straightforward: build honest, direct sourcing relationships in this belt, grade and prepare the crop to export standard, and get it into the hands of importers and roasters in Germany and the United States — without losing the story of where it came from.
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Three crimson stigmas, hand-picked from each crocus flower at dawn — saffron is one of the most labour-intensive crops grown anywhere. We're building the same kind of direct, honest sourcing relationships in Iran that ground our Araku collection, and will open saffron for order soon.
Learn more →Whether you're a roaster, distributor or importer, we're glad to send samples, spec sheets and pricing for turmeric, black pepper and coffee — and to keep you posted when saffron launches.
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