The Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading Company Ltd. saga began in the year 1870, at the Shankara Kudege estate in Chikmagalur. Today, several eventful chapters later, with 10, 000 acres under cultivation, a wide umbrella of activity encompassing coffee exports, commodity trading and retailing, ABC finds itself in exalted company as one of the largest integrated coffee companies in Asia.

ABC tested retail waters with its first Fresh ‘n Ground outlet in 1995 and the first Café Coffee Day on Brigade Road in 1996. Thereon it has broken into a large-stride, rapid take-off run, along the way introducing another retail format - Coffee Day Xpress - and establishing a special Beverage division and a specialized R&D lab!! Presently, with over 600 cafes and outlets in India, Pakistan and Austria, ABC is already one of Asia’s top Integrated coffee companies