“…The CCRI-NEERI ETP unit is basically an anaerobic-cum-aerobic digestion method and it takes about a month time for treating the coffee effluent (Shanmukhappa et al, 1998). Several reports have been published for the treatment of coffee effluent following physio-chemical (Aguilera et al, 1998;Bhaskar et al, 2008;Tokumura et al, 2008;Asha et al, 2015;Panchangam et al, 2015;Hermosilla, 2016;Tomizawa et al, 2016;Sahana et al, 2018 andVeymar et al, 2019), chemicals (Teresa et al, 2007;Zayas Péerez et al, 2007;Novita et al, 2012 andWorkineh et al, 2020), biological (Selvamurugan et al, 2010, Yans Guardia Puebla et al, 2013, Chagas et al, 2015Padmapriya et al, 2015;Hubbe et al, 2016;Torres et al,. 2016;Cruz-Salomón et.…”