India - Karnataka: Ratnagiri Estate

Produced by: Ashok and Divya Patre of Ratnagiri Estate

Origin: Chikmagalur, Karnataka, India

We Taste: Kiwi, Lemon-Lime Soda, Oolong Tea, Toasted Cashew

Varietals: Selection 6

Altitude:  1340 masl

Process: Washed *see note

12 oz Whole Bean Coffee

The past several years have seen the emergence of India as a producer of high quality, specialty arabica coffee. Individuals such as the Patres, who are third generation coffee producers, have devoted themselves to innovative processing practices. Their understanding of Indian terroir and varietals lend a foundation for experimental processing techniques than enhance these profiles. 

*This Alchemy DW5 lot features coffee that is fermentated in-cherry for 48 hours, then depulped and fermented with microbe-enriched mosto for 36 hours before washing and slow drying on raised beds for 18 days. The result is a highly complex coffee with kiwi, lemon-lime soda, oolong tea and toasted cashew notes. 

Offering this lot feels like such a treat as we expect the coffees from Ratnagiri to become popular and complex in the coming years.