Riverdale Estate Fruit Maceration
Riverdale Estate Fruit Maceration
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Variety: SL9
Farm: Riverdale Estate
Region: Mangalam, India
Process: Fruit Maceration Natural Process
Score: 84.5 points
Size: 200g bag
Tasting Notes: Pineapple, Melon, Dried Lemon
Riverdale estate is located in eastern ghat mountain yercaud (shevaroy hills) in india, its about 240kms from Bangalore city.
The SL9 variety is a unique coffee variety developed in India, known for its resilience and distinctive flavour profile. Originating from selections made by the Coffee Board of India, SL9 is a hybrid of the Kent variety and another robust parent, designed to thrive in Indian growing conditions. This variety is prized for its balanced cup profile, often exhibiting notes of chocolate, spice, and subtle fruitiness, making it a favourite among specialty coffee enthusiasts. Grown at higher elevations the SL9 coffee varietal is known for it's dense structure, contributing to a rich and complex taste.
IT STARTS WITH THE BEANS
No matter how good your grinder, coffee machine or kettle is if you don't have high quality coffee beans you aren't going to have a good tasting coffee.
COMMON COFFEE PROCESSES
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WASHED PROCESS
TRY A WASHED COFFEEWashed coffees (aka wet process) use water to remove the coffee seed from the cherry. This has the least amount of contact with the fruit and has a clean and often creamy taste. Washed coffees are commonly known to carry more flavours from the origin, terroir and variety rather than the processing flavours.
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NATURAL PROCESS
TRY A NATURAL COFFEENatural coffees were popularised by producing countries that did not have as much access to water, this processing technique has since been adopted all over the world and tends to carry through a rich fruity flavour from the extended contact with the coffee cherries,
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FERMENTED
TRY A FERMENTED COFFEEThere are many coffees that fall into this third category of coffee processing, the most popular being Anaerobic fermentation and Carbonic Fermentation (CM).
Expect funky fruity notes and an intense alcohol / boozey taste
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