INDIA - Riverdale Estate

Origin : Shevaroy Hills, Tamil Nadu, INDIA 

Farm: Riverdale Estate

Farmer: Prakashan Balaraman 

Process : Carbonic Maceration  

Varietal : SL-9 (Ethiopian X timor hybrid)

Source : Condesa Co.Lab

Roast : Omni

RECIPE :

Filter ~ 1:17 ratio (18g coffee - 300ml water
Espresso ~ 1:2.7 ratio (20.5g dose, 55g yield)

More Info:

Riverdale Estate is located 1450 meters high in the Shevaroy Hills of the eastern ghats of India. Along with this amazing lot of coffee, Riverdale is home to a lush forest full of silver oak, peppercorn, jackfruit, sandalwood, and orange trees, as well as some bison monkeys and peacocks. Riverdale has been a family farm for over 100 years, and recently managed by Prakashan Balaraman. Prakashan took over the farm in 2005 and since, has redeveloped it to produce India's best! His focus has been on innovation along with sustainability, pushing the boundaries on what coffee can taste like. This specific lot (lot 10) has undergone the "Carbonic Maceration" process where cherries are hand picked when ripe, triple washed, and then placed in C02 flushed tanks to begin initial fermentation. Once fermented, a Californian wine yeast is introduced which thrives on a lack of oxygen. This yeast helps the coffee to mature and develop natural notes of Port wine. The coffee is then dried on beds and rested for 6 weeks before being shipped to our friends and importers at Condesa in Melbourne. 

This is the first time we have roasted a Riverdale Estate coffee and it won't be the last! 
We have roasted this coffee nice and light to highlight its sweet and savoury shortbread notes but developed it enough to have a deep, plummy, wine like body. We also think it has highly citric acidity with some nice dry baking spice end notes. 

Recommended for all filter brewing methods & espresso.

Best enjoyed black, but if this coffee is big and boozy enough to cut with your choice of milk. We think it'll taste like a cherry ripe!