It's time to reveal the mystery coffee for October! We hope you all enjoyed this coffee!
🇮🇳 India Ratnagiri Selection 9
Region: Ratnagiri, India
Variety: Selection 9 (Mapped to Other)
Processing: Honey. Ashok Patre refers to this as a hybrid processing with temperature controlled fermentation in cherry before pulping and drying with mucilage in a dark room dehydrator.
Altitude: 1340 MASL (Mapped to 1000 - 15000)
Tasting notes: Dandelion Flower, Strawberry, Red Apple, Candied Pineapple (Mapped to Strawberry, Red Apple, Pineapple)
Producer: Ashok and Divya Patre
About the coffee and the producer:
For nearly a century, the Patre family has been the steward of the land that is currently Ratnagiri Estate, producing specialty coffee and fine pepper.
Ashok Patre, the third generation to work the land alongside his wife, Divya, is committed to ensuring the future of the farm by making it one of the most impressive operations in the coffee-producing world — not just in India.
Mr. Patre’s processing methods are intentional and impressive. He understands that Indian terroir and varieties can only produce specialty coffee of a particular character and quality. Consequently, he has developed processing methods that manipulate the flavors of the final product to create something unique and exceptional.
This approach to coffee processing can sometimes lead to “over-processed” or unclean-tasting coffees, but many of Mr. Patre’s coffees are remarkably clean, complex, and interesting. Through tireless research and the careful application of scientifically proven techniques, Mr. Patre is able to control fermentations in such a way as to create truly delicious coffees.
We feel honored to have the opportunity to work with Ratnagiri Estate and to share this coffee with you.
From Ross at CETO:
Alena’s family is from India which makes us interested in the origin, and after trying several different lots from the Ratnagiri Estate we decided that this needed to be on the menu to both showcase a coffee from India and to share what we thought was a very unique profile and interesting varietal. We get a ton of sweetness from this coffee, and while the robusta relationship from the varietal encouraged us to roast this a little darker than most of our coffees, we were really happy with how this coffee roasted. We get huge “fruit punch” notes that can be best described as strawberry, red apple, and pineapple, which follow a pleasant bitterness that reminds us of dandelion flower. This coffee was sourced from Osito.
Statistics
Now onto the top placers:
In first place with 16 points: Waffles and juneauplant!
In second place with 14 points: nexusfox, ru, and mikeydoesit!
In third place with 13 points: de'on and randr01d!
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