Hospura, India

A juicy, refreshing coffee with notes of wild strawberry, lemon balm and cane sugar, grown by third-generation farmer Abrar Zoheb in India’s Western Ghats.

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This distinctive microlot comes from Hospura Estate in the Baba Budan Giri coffee-growing region of India’s Western Ghats, where Abrar Zoheb manages the farm alongside his father, Parveez Ahmed.

A third-generation coffee farmer, Abrar chose to return to coffee after completing his degree in civil engineering in 2016. Today, he grows coffee in traditional polyculture shade, surrounded by a diverse mix of native and endemic trees that provide habitat for birds, butterflies and mammals, including the Nilgiri Flowerpecker, Malabar Parakeet, Chital and Flying Squirrel.

Abrar also collects monsoon rainwater in a small reservoir to irrigate the coffee during drier months, and has established a nursery near the washing station to develop new seedlings.

Processed using an anoxic natural method, the coffee develops a juicy, refreshing character, with notes of wild strawberry, lemon balm and cane sugar.

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