About This Coffee
The seventh coffee of our 2025 season comes from Chikmagalur, India, where Ajoy Thipaiah and his son Pranoy produce coffee under dense forest canopy at Kerehaklu estate. This washed Selection 9 microlot was processed using a fermentation inoculated with a mosto cultured from the farm's microflora and presents tropical and tangy with complex acidity and sweetness. From Christopher: "While perhaps better known for its tea or spices, India's stature as a coffee producing country continues to grow—not for producing Robusta and Monsooned Malabar, but rather high-quality specialty Arabica. About a five hour drive west of Bangalore, toward the Arabian Sea, a group of coffee growers in Chikmagalur produce coffee that has, in recent years, caught the attention of quality-minded roasters in the U.S. and Europe: producers like Kerehaklu, who only began to focus on specialty coffee in 2019.
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Coffee Details
- Type
- Single Origin
- Process
- Washed
- Roast Level
- Light
- Origin
- 🇮🇳 Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka, India
- Varieties
- Selection 9 (S9/Sln 9)
- Altitude
- 1,165m