Lot 03 · Strong
Giri
Giri, mountain in Sanskrit
Named for the peak above the estate. Elevation, strength, and the finest expression the ridge gives us.
Giri is named for the mountain. It comes off the highest rows on the ridge, where the nights run coldest and the fruit takes longest to come in.
It is the smallest of the three lots for the same reason it is the most complete: the ridge decides how much of it there is in a season, and we take what it gives.
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.
