The search for the best green coffee in the world took us to East India, to the hills of the Eastern Ghats, to Araku. Under British colonial rule, the Adivasi farmers had to pay a handful of rupees to bring their home-processed coffee to state collection stations, where the poorest quality raw product found its way onto the world market. The stations disappeared and with them the few rupees. Ten years ago, the Naandi Foundation began to teach individual families the craft of biodynamic coffee cultivation. Success soon followed and convinced the world of specialty coffee. Higher revenues, new prospects for the farmers and a specialty for coffee lovers are the positive results.
The Adivasi villages are united in a cooperative, the "Small and Marginal Tribal Farmers Mutually Aided Cooperative Society Limited", or "SAMTFMACS" for short. This registered cooperative was founded in 2007 and has since represented the interests of the small coffee farmers spread across the entire region. Its focus is clearly on sustainable coffee cultivation and a fair, regulated income for its members. The board provides support for the training and further education of the coffee farmers, manages the central processing station, facilitates quality improvements and enables access to the world market.
Profile: Grand Cru truffles, oriental spices
Botany: 100% Arabica
Variety: SL-9, SL-5
Processing: Washed
Origin: India1,3,5
Producer: SAMTFMACS
Roast level: Medium
Grind level: Whole beans
Preparation methods: Portafilter, Mocha/Bialetti, FrenchPress, AeroPress
Made from certified coffee beans:
1 EU organic in conversion 3 Fair Trade, 5 Direct Trade