Description
Chinennahally Estate – India
Chinennahally Estate is a family farm on the slopes of the Bababudangiri range, in the Chikmagalur region, Karnataka state. This coffee from India arrives at San Agustín as an origin that extends our map towards a less visible coffee-growing tradition with more than four centuries of history. The property has remained in the hands of the same family for more than 70 years and grows coffee under a traditional double-shade system, using different species of native trees that favour biodiversity and balanced ripening of the cherries.
This lot corresponds to the Plantation AA grade, one of the traditional categories of washed Indian arabica coffees, which identifies larger beans carefully selected for preparation and export.
Variety S795
The S795 variety is a hybrid developed in India from a cross between the Kent and S288 varieties. It was selected for its resistance to coffee leaf rust and its good adaptation to the altitude and shade conditions of the Western Ghats. It produces a clean cup with medium body and soft notes, characteristic of quality Indian arabicas.
Chikmagalur
The Chikmagalur region is considered the cradle of coffee in India. According to tradition, it was here that the Sufi saint Baba Budan introduced the first coffee seeds from Yemen in the 17th century, giving rise to coffee growing in the country. Its plantations lie in the mountains of the Western Ghats, one of the areas with the greatest biodiversity in the world, where the combination of altitude, abundant rainfall and native forests provides ideal conditions for growing high-quality shade-grown arabica coffees.
Prosecution
The ripe cherries are picked by hand and carefully selected before pulping. The Chinennahally Estate coffee is then fermented to remove the mucilage, washed with clean water and finally sun-dried in parchment until it reaches the right moisture level for storage.
