India - Kerehaklu - Coffee Blossom Washed - Lot J

Straight from the Kerehaklu Estate in Chikmagalur, this washed wonder sparkles with vibrant acidity and delightful sweetness! This is pure coffee magic waiting to be brewed for your morning caffeine ritual. This is the first of several Indian offerings that we're thrilled to unveil. Check the info below and grab one while ya can... You're not gonna wanna miss this one! 

Coffee Info

We Taste: Black Tea, Peach, Lychee 
Process: Coffee Blossom Washed
Varietal: Selection 9
MASL: 1200
Producer: Ajoy and Pranoy Thipaiah

More about the process:

Kerehaklu’s standard process , which Pranoy refers to as a sequential washed lot, is as follows : Freshly harvested cherry arrives in the evening and are given one last round of hand sorting before being floated in a tank the same day . The water is then drained from the tank , and the coffee sits in the tank under shade overnight.

The following morning, the coffee i s de-pulped, transferred to plastic barrels , and fermented for roughly 24 hours ; this step can be done with water, with the addition of mosto, or dry . This is the biggest area of variation in Pranoy’s processing. The coffee is then put through a mechanical washer and then dried.

For this specific Selection 9 variety lot, a 20-liter starter culture was prepared using dried coffee blossoms . The coffee fermentation was inoculated with this starter after being pulped and when it was put into barrels.