India


Indian Plantation Grade

The very name evokes images of Royal Heritage, of tradition steeped in the sands of time. India is a subcontinent rich with ethereal music and sublime art. A wonderland filled with riches for the body, mind and soul. To experience this tapestry of culture, you would have to visit India and drink in the sights, sounds, and fragrances. Or you could savor a freshly brewed cup of aromatic Indian coffee, made from perfectly roasted beans, with a hint of spice.

Around the world, Indian coffee is appreciated by those who love the delicate taste of the beverage. From the high mountains located in the lush tropics of the warm south, enticing aroma of Indian coffee has wafted across the world for over 150 years. Legend has it that a pilgrim, Baba Budan, first brought the wondrous beans from Yemen and planted them in the hills of Southern India. To this day, these hills bear his name and coffee from the Baba Budan range in Chikmagalur remains the most sought after.

We are pleased to introduce a true Indian Estate Coffee, grown in the plantations at an elevation of 3,600 to 4,500 feet on the sun-kissed, rain-fed slopes of the Western Ghats. In these breathtakingly picturesque estates, there is a perfect synergy of man, nature and machinery as all aspects of cultivation are given painstaking attention. Paying meticulous attention to every single aspect of growing, picking, pulping, fermenting, washing, drying, grading, sorting and roasting is the base for this splendid coffee. Grown under exotic shade trees amidst pepper vines and cardamom groves the carefully picked cherries are sorted prior to pulping, fermented between 42 and 72 hours and hand-washed in water from clear mountain streams. Careful sun drying, curing and additional sorting ensures for one of the finest Indian Coffees we have seen. It is a pleasure to introduce this coffee to you - Please share in our enthusiasm.

FACTS AND STATS
Population: 844 Million People
Domestic Consumption: 931,287 bags of 60 Kg. (132 lb.)
Coffee Export: 1.5 Million Bags of 60 Kg. (132 lb.)
Cultivated Area: 228,000 Hectares (563,000 Acres)
Harvest: November to February
Arabica Introduced: Year 1610 from Yemen
Farms: 123,681
114,000 less than 4 hectares (10 acres)
Specialty Preparations:
Plantation A - 90% milled over screen 17
Plantation B - 75% milled over screen 15
Monsooned Malabar AA - 6 to 7 week process to recreate a flavor and preparation profile derived from six month sailing voyages which turned the coffee color to a golden yellow
Botanical Varieties: Kent ( being replaced by hybrid derivatives like the Catimor and Catura ) Tafarikela San Ramon