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Cupping Notes:
A light roast just out of the 1st cracks is not grassy or raw, but also is a little boring and straightforward with more of a grain-like taste and peanut sauce. At a medium-Dark/medium, you get chocolate, earth, and peanut tones. Closer to a dark roast brings out more of the spice notes (black pepper, cinnamon, bitter cocoa). A dark roast well into 2nd cracks does have a lot of "roast" taste but isn't overly burnt tasting. Has a nice balance of dark coffee flavor with spice and mineral flavors. At this roast level it is even better as espresso than coffee, pulling a shot that is sweet with lots of crema.
Farming notes:
India is an underrated coffee. It is grown right up there near Yemen, near Africa, and has a clean, creamy, nutty taste that you would think would give it more credit in the coffee world. This is a well sorted flatbean from the Sahyadri Mountain Range (part of the Western Ghats mountain range). The mountains intercept the westerly monsoon winds that carry rain from the southwest. This contributes to the temperate rainforest climate that receives 120-160 inches of rain during the monsoon season, with certain areas of the mountain range receiving over 350 inches.
Recommended Roast: Medium-Dark to Dark. Great for Espresso, but not so great as a light roasted coffee.
Good for: Pourover, Auto-Drip, Full Immersion
Cupping Notes:
A light roast just out of the 1st cracks is not grassy or raw, but also is a little boring and straightforward with more of a grain-like taste and peanut sauce. At a medium-Dark/medium, you get chocolate, earth, and peanut tones. Closer to a dark roast brings out more of the spice notes (black pepper, cinnamon, bitter cocoa). A dark roast well into 2nd cracks does have a lot of "roast" taste but isn't overly burnt tasting. Has a nice balance of dark coffee flavor with spice and mineral flavors. At this roast level it is even better as espresso than coffee, pulling a shot that is sweet with lots of crema.
Farming notes:
India is an underrated coffee. It is grown right up there near Yemen, near Africa, and has a clean, creamy, nutty taste that you would think would give it more credit in the coffee world. This is a well sorted flatbean from the Sahyadri Mountain Range (part of the Western Ghats mountain range). The mountains intercept the westerly monsoon winds that carry rain from the southwest. This contributes to the temperate rainforest climate that receives 120-160 inches of rain during the monsoon season, with certain areas of the mountain range receiving over 350 inches.
Recommended Roast: Medium-Dark to Dark. Great for Espresso, but not so great as a light roasted coffee.
Good for: Pourover, Auto-Drip, Full Immersion