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The bean is Narali, which is the same exact bean and crop as our
Sitara, but the it is sun dried instead of being washed. The word
Narali means "different." It is an entirely different species bean
than nearly all others commonly served. Unlike the commonly brewed
arabica and for that matter nearly all other robustae, the robusta
coffee grown in the Sethuraman Estate is round and smooth.

Robusta coffee beans have a tainted reputation as being an inferior
species of coffee primarily because of the large centralized roasters
that started to get big in the early 1970's. They tended to exhaust
the soil and over-harvest in areas of South America, especially in
Brazil, where the were millions of coffee bushes being grown on land
not even suitable for coffee.

All Robustae have the potential to be equal in quality to the Narali
and the Sitara, if proper care is taken from seed to cup.

It is a shame that through mass production at least one species of
plant is devalued...

Here are the cupping notes:

Aroma : pear, berry
Taste : Georgia peaches, sundried
Body : full body, round
Aftertaste : tart, cocoa

We rocked the Indian Sitara as a single origin espresso on a Mirage in the lobby Friday morning at the State Street Theatre in Ithaca, where the NERBC was held. A few heads were turned because the bean was featured in the coffee dinner served by the Carriage House Cafe the evening prior, and it got high praise from the judges. Because the coffee dinner was open only to the judges,many of the competitors, volunteers, and spectators were anxious to get a crack at it. We feel that as a roaster we "got out of the way of the grower" and served this bean, a washed robusta, in an impressive fashion. Our mantra is to roast in a way that the grower would appreciate...

Also, our Brazil was used in Deferio's blend. He makes us look good, but he wouldn't use our stuff it wasn't any good. "It's a nice Brazil." Congrats Chris for taking second place in the region.

These links will follow the updates on the results:


http://coffeed.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&p=22713

http://twitchy.org/

http://www.scaa.org/about_regional_next.asp#Northeast