Coffee is proof that mornings were created for a reason. A cup of coffee in the morning will hit your brains and make you fully awake t...
Coffee
is proof that mornings were created for a reason. A cup of coffee in the
morning will hit your brains and make you fully awake to the beautiful day.
Coffee has the talent of attracting all age groups from the young to the oldwith
its exciting flavour and aroma floating through the house will be the best
mornings to begin with.
To
start your beautiful day, you need to have the best coffee experience. Here, we
list you the top most coffee brands to start your day.
FLYING SQUIRREL
Ashish
Dabreo, the founder of Flying Squirrel
grow their coffee on their own estates thus, having a lot of scope for
experimenting with cultivation, processing and roasting methods. They have a
unique cultivation method of growing coffee in the middle of citrus cultivation
and vanilla plantations which adds extra flavour and taste to the coffee.
Products: They
have different varieties of coffee with unique flavour and names. Their best
products include,
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Aromatique
is 100% Arabica, single estate coffee.
It has a wine like acidity and mild fruitiness flavour with a medium – dark
roast, prepared freshly based on order.
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Sunkissed
is a fruity, buttery and slightly sweet
coffee. It is a finely processed Robusta and a unique coffee of Flying
Squirrel.
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Cafe
Chic is the only coffee of Flying Squirrel
with added chicory. It has a deep, heavy body and roasty flavour and brewed
using a South Indian Filter.
All
Products of Flying Squirrel are
originated from Pollibetta, Coorg. They custom-grind their beans about 5 to 20
minutes before packing so that flavour and aroma is locked in.
MARC’S COFFEE
Marc
Tormo Altimia, an entrepreneur, roaster, brewer, a creative consultant and of
course a coffee lover, runs a cafe called Marc’s Cafe,
Roast & Taste in Auroville. He has travelled to Ethiopia and South America
to learn about the culture of coffee and the best practices to produce best
coffees.
Marc’s
research on the concept of “From Seed to Cup” made him to travel across the
Western Ghats, gained him knowledge to produce the best
coffee blends.
Products: The
coffees are roasted as light, medium and dark. It is processed using 2 methods
– sundried and monsooned. High quality coffees are sold with fair, organic and
UTZ (Internationally recognized set of criteria for economic, social and
environmentally responsible production of raw materials) certified. Their signature
coffee blends are,
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Buma
Devi is a fair and organic certified coffee,
originated from Kerala, Wayanad Region - Usessundried processing, dark roasted
with caramel, cacao and dried cherries.
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Malabar
Blues is UTZ Certified coffee, originated
from Coorg –Monsoonedon the Malabar Coast and Dark Roasted with fragrant of
dried fruits.
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Mysore
Royale is 100% Arabica with UTZ certification,
originated from Coorg, Pulneys, Wayanad – prepared using sundried, washed and
monsoon processing method. Light Roasted with fragrant notes of citrus,
berries.
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Kaveri
Blend is organic and UTZ certified,
originated from Coorg and Pulneys – washed with monsoon processing. Dark medium
roasted with a good balance of body, acidity and aroma.
Marc’s coffee also sells high quality
Cocoa Beans, Cocoa Nibs and Cocoa Powder and the package comes in a beautiful
eco-friendly paper bag.
BLUE TOKAI COFFEE
The
Delhi - based couple Matt Chitharanjan and Namrata Asthana, who moved from
Chennai found that the beans provided at the local roasting shops in north was
not fresh and flavourful. The couple wanted people to enjoy the freshly roasted
cup of coffee and decided to start Blue Tokai Coffee.
They
have a very simple yet unique mission of introducing their customers to the
estates they buy their coffee from and customers can customize the roasting
based on their preferences.
Products: The
coffees are produced in different flavours from various estates. They have
coffees that are fair and organic certified. They can customise the coffees to
be flavoured as fruity, nutty, creamy, chocolaty, smoky and bitter. Some of their
best coffees are,
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Monsoon
Malabar, a unique Indian coffee that has a big
body coffee finishes with no acidity, comes in a sweetish flavour. It is
processed using the monsoon method.
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Kalledeverapura
Pulp Sun Dried is one the finest coffee’s of Blue
Tokai from Kalledevepura Estate, Karnataka. It is roasted dark medium with a
nutty chocolate finish and is low in acid with cranberry flavour. Uses sundried
processing with some coffee fruits.
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Attikan
Estate’s Coffee comes from NilgiriHills, Karnataka
has a sweetish, nutty and cherry flavour with balanced acidity. It is roasted
dark to medium and well suited for espresso lovers.
The
Blue Tokai coffee has a wide variety of flavours, is roasted twice a week.
SEVEN BEANS COFFEE COMPANY
Abhijit
Shetty’s family has over 2000 acres of coffee plantation in Chikmagalur,
Karnataka. They have been into coffee cultivation for more than 100 years. He found
that world’s best roasters are exported from India and wanted to bring the same
quality of coffee to Indian customers. Thus, he started the Seven Beans Coffee
Company.
Seven
Beans works with Dr. Dante Cagliari from Italy, has 50 years of experience in
blending and roasting. A combination of Italian roasting with four generations
of coffee cultivation gives users a unique coffee experience.
Products: The
products are categorized as Indian Selection and Linea Italiana. The Indian
origin coffees are,
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Ujra
is strong, full body coffee with a
complex aroma of Robusta which is transformed to Arabica when sugar is added.
Used for preparing Americano, cold coffee and Cappuccino.
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Mishta
has a sweetish caramel flavour with a delicate
body is well suited for preparing Espresso and cold coffee.
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Eka
is the most unique kind of blends. It is rich in flavour and well balanced.
Used for preparing Cappuccino.
Seven
Beans roasting process is fully automated starting from green coffee beans to
the end till the coffee is packed. High end technologies are used to eliminate
error related to human contact and contact with air, thus providing quality
coffee.
THE INDIAN BEAN
The Indian bean
was started by Kunal Ross after he had gone for a holiday trip to Watapi farms
suited in Mysore. During the trip, he was inspired by the passion of the
socially conscious planters and their life style. He realized
importance of premium coffee grown in our country and wanted to start a Coffee
company before it was exported to Europe.
Products:
They have seven varieties of coffee. The most popular among them are,
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Watapi
Coffee originated from BiligiriRanga Hills,
Mysore. A wet process is done with medium/Cinnamon roast is a 100% Arabica
coffee with fairly sweet, slightly bitter and acidic with fruity flavour.
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Appa’s
Coffee originated from Kodagu, Karnataka.
Dark/American roast with a wet process has a strong and bold flavour, comparing
this flavour with a character of a father, Kunal Ross named this coffee as
Appa.
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Forest
Coffee originated from BR Hills, Mysore is
prepared by a wet process and a dark roast giving a nutty and cocoa flavour.
Most
of the Indian Bean products are from a single estate and are carefully farmed
to preserve the flavours.
