Lot 02 · Premium
Aranya
Aranya, forest in Sanskrit
Named for the canopy itself, and for the forest the trees ripen underneath.
Aranya is named for the forest. Two tiers of silver oak and native rosewood hold 62% shade over these rows, and the fruit ripens in that long cold shadow rather than in open sun.
Slowness is the whole argument. Cherry sugars accumulate at this elevation only because nothing is hurried, and this is the lot where that shows most clearly.
Available as
Ground
Milled to order for filter and press
Whole bean
Rested nine days, sealed with the valve on
Chicory blend
Roasted chicory folded in for the South Indian cup
The estate
- Estate
- Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka
- Coordinates
- 13.419172° N, 75.755971° E
- Elevation
- 1400 m
- Soil
- Volcanic loam
- Rainfall
- 2200 mm
- Shade canopy
- 62%, silver oak and rosewood
- Harvest
- December to February
- Picking
- Hand-picked at 90% ripeness
In the cup
- Process
- Washed, fermented 36 hrs
- Drying
- Raised beds, to 11% moisture
- Roast
- 17 min, first crack at 196°C
- Roast level
- Dropped short of second crack
- Rest
- 9 days minimum before it ships
Nothing is added because nothing needs to be. The sweetness at 1400 metres was grown into the bean; it was never stirred in afterward.
