Crimson Spirit - Kalyancool Estate

Highlights

“Crimson Spirit is a limited microlot produced exclusively at Kalyancool Estate in Chikmagalur. Handpicked, fully ripe Chandragiri cherries were pulped, then processed as a honey process retaining a generous mucilage layer before entering a sealed anaerobic fermentation. Selected black grapes, a small quantity of housemade grape wine, and a balanced culture of LALCAFÉ ORO, INTENSO, and CIMA yeasts were introduced for a meticulously monitored 96-hour co-fermentation. The coffee was slowly dried on raised beds under carefully monitored conditions, then hulled, gravity sorted, and hand sorted. Roasted exceptionally light, ending at the very beginning of first crack, the cup is rich and syrupy with layers of grape wine, black raisins, blackberry, and date syrup, closing on a lingering cotton-candy sweetness. Varietal: Chandragiri. Elevation: 1,300 masl.”