TRADITIONAL 

    Nº 188 India Cuavery Peak

    Country: India
    Process: Washed
    Grown / Region: Shevaroys, Tamil Nadu
    Altitude: 1500m - 1600m
    Varietals: S795
    Producers: Ramraj Ramesh & Family
    Tasting Notes: Green Apple, Milk Chocolate & Black Pepper
    Roast Level: Medium - Dark 4/5


    FARM NOTES:
    The area around Cauvery Peak is is vulnerable to droughts when the monsoons fail being so dependant of the monsoon season for water. This emphasises the importance of farmers diversifying so that their revenue is not dependent on a single crop. As such, Ramraj also grows pepper and oranges, helping to also encourage biodiversity. Socially, the estate is also very well positioned, as it primarily employs female pickers, pays them over minimum wage, and provides housing, daycare, education, and food.

    At the summit of the Sheveroy Hills is the 400-hectare estate Cuavery Peak - this is owned and managed by Ramraj Ramesh. The state Tamil Nadu where the estate is located is home to one of the world’s longest-surviving classical languages —Tamil is widely spoken and serves as the state’s official language. This coffee is a washed processed, with typical background spice for the region, with green apple and black pepper undertones.


    DISCOVERY

    Nº 189 Timor Leste Atsabe

    Country: Timor Leste
    Process: Natural
    Grown / Region: Atsabe, Ermera
    Altitude: 1400m - 1600m
    Varietals: Hibrido de Timor, Moka, Typica
    Producers: Smallholders from the Ermera region
    Tasting Notes: Blood Orange, Blueberry & Candied Peel
    Roast Level: Light - Medium 2/5


    FARM NOTES:

    The producers across this subregion live and work across many succos (very small villages) and deliver to newly built washing stations like Raimutin. At washing stations, the cherries are first floated in water, to separate the fruit by density. Any low density coffee is processed separately and sold to local market. Once hand sorted to remove damaged or under ripe cherry, The cherry is then transported to raised beds, where they are dried in high sun for one month. Once the drying was complete the cherry was separated from the parchment, and the coffee was prepared for export at the Railaco dry mill. The remaining cherry was not discarded, rather, it was saved for redistribution as fertiliser to the farmers who grew the harvests.

    Timor Leste is one of the world's youngest countries having only declared independance in 2002 and coffee is one of it's most crucial exports. Atsabe lots are from smallholders in the subregion of the Ermera municipality called Atsabe. Our importer Raw Material has been working in Timor since 2018, helping to contruct a number of washing stations and working to make coffee growing in the region sustainable and profitable for producers. This natural is fruity and sticky sweet with a medium body, perfect for those who drink their coffee black or enjoy milk.

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