Kalledevarapura PSD – Naivo

This lot comes from one of the pioneers of pulp sun dried coffees in India – Kalledevarapura Estate.  Rounded in acidity with an aroma of dried fruits, the cup has a broad spectrum of plum-like flavors  and finishes with subtle hints of anise making this a very memorable coffee.

The pulp sun drying process involves washing off the skin of the coffee cherry along with a large part  of the fruit and leaving on a few layers of mucilage. The beans with the surrounding mucilage are  then sun-dried until the perfect moisture level is attained. This process yields a complex coffee that  with our roast profile adapts its flavors to both espresso and brewing methods.

The Baba Budan Giri region was one of the first new homes for coffee when the sage Baba Budan  smuggled his beans from Arabia to India in the late 1600s. The evolution of these beans over the last  three centuries has resulted in the high-quality beans that we receive from Kalledevarapura Estate  today. But that evolution would be incomplete without the hard and innovative work of brothers D.M. Shankar & D.M. Purnesh and their family. The estate has the best shade setup for growing  coffee with jack fruit, fig and silver oak trees that combined with the right rainfall give rise to  superior Arabica beans.

The hardworking staff on this estate are provided with free electricity, water and living quarters with  their children also receiving free education. The estate has been on the receiving end of prestigious  awards that include the “Flavour of India – Fine Cup Award” and “1st Quality Prize Espresso” from  Illy Caffé.