South Indian Coffee Beans | Araku Valley | SLN5 Rumi Sultan/Sultan Rumei

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Grown without pesticides in original forests

Origin: Araku Valley, Eastern Ghats of South India

Tribal community altitude: 1100 meters above sea level

Variety: SLN5 (Rume Sudan)

2017 harvest season

Rume Sudan cultivar

It has a distinct yet gentle fruit acidity upon entry, making it quite special among Indian specialty coffees, which typically tend toward mellow aroma without acidity. Therefore, it is suitable for medium and dark roasting, which not only preserves some fruit acidity but also enhances the body to make it more mellow.

Flavor Profile

Sweet caramel and honey aroma

Aftertaste with notes of dark chocolate, peach, and vanilla

Background Story

In 1965, after the establishment of the Andhra Pradesh Girijan Cooperative Corporation (GCC), the Indian Coffee Board entrusted GCC with promoting coffee cultivation and related agricultural improvements. Since then, in collaboration with the Girijan Coop Plantation Development Corporation (GCPDC), they began guiding local tribal farmers in Araku in coffee cultivation and toxin-free farming methods.

Through coffee cultivation, approximately 10,000 tribal families in the Araku region are achieving economic stability. Local tribal farmers developing coffee cultivation have abandoned the traditional Podu ecologically destructive farming method (in which large numbers of trees were cut or burned on mountain slopes for cultivation). Today, the Araku Valley has been transformed on a large scale into a coffee-growing region. In this area, at altitudes of 900-1100 meters, the rare Indian-specific variety SLN5 is cultivated. The acidic components in the soil create the unique quality and flavor of Araku coffee.

Rume Sudan

Rume Sudan is the only variety today that can compete with the extraordinarily beautiful Geisha. Over 70 years ago, Rume Sudan was discovered by botanists in the wild coffee forests of the Boma Plateau in southeastern Sudan, bordering southwestern Ethiopia and northern Kenya. It shows resistance to coffee anthracnose disease and possesses delicious genetic traits, but its yield is too low, making farmers unwilling to cultivate it. In recent years, it has been widely used to improve the flavor of Catimor and Sarchimor varieties in Central and South America, or crossbred with Caturra to enhance disease resistance while supplementing with delicious genes.

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