016 - Kerehaklu

About This Coffee

The seventh coffee of our 2025 season comes from Chikmagalur, India, where Ajoy Thipaiah and his son Pranoy produce coffee under dense forest canopy at Kerehaklu estate. This washed Selection 9 microlot was processed using a fermentation inoculated with a mosto cultured from the farm's microflora and presents tropical and tangy with complex acidity and sweetness. During my visit, we cupped through three tables of samples from Kerehaklu's peak Arabica production, blind—in each set, I selected as my favorite coffees that turned out to be SLN 9 washed coffees processed using a method that Pranoy has been refining for Kerehaklu. One of those coffees, Lot E, became AVIARY#016 and presents in the cup with tangy, tropical, bright lactic-citric acidity and notes of tamarind, apricot, red apple and orange