The Coffee
Estate : Ratnagiri Estate
Roaster : Naivo
Varietal : Robusta
Process : Mosto Naturals
The EsTate : Ratnagiri
Ratnagiri Estate is nestled in the Western Ghats of South India. As part of a tiger reserve, we peacefully coexist with the rich wildlife, contributing to the biodiversity and sustainability of the region. The story begins in 1927, when Patre K Shivappaiya, embarked on a remarkable journey. With a vision and a passion for coffee, he acquired this very land, then partly a jungle. With unwavering dedication, he began clearing the land and planting the first coffee seeds in early 1929. Patience and perseverance became our guiding principles as we nurtured these young trees, finally welcoming the first harvest in 1934.
Over the years, Ratnagiri Estate has transformed into a thriving coffee haven. They are committed to honoring the legacy of those who came before them, while constantly innovating and striving for excellence. Through generations of passion and hard work, they have become one of India’s leading specialty coffee producing farm.
Ratnagiri Estate is nestled in the Western Ghats of South India. As part of a tiger reserve, we peacefully coexist with the rich wildlife, contributing to the biodiversity and sustainability of the region.(1)
The Roaster : Naivo
Naivo was born in 2016, a labor of love co-founded by the dynamic duo of V E Ovian, a seasoned coffee trader, and his wife Jessie Ovian, a certified Q-Grader and coffee quality expert. Mr. Ovian’s experience extends back into the eighties when he began his career in coffee trading for the Government of India through the State Trading Corporation of India. Their shared commitment to exceptional coffee experiences laid the groundwork for Naivo’s commitment to delivering nothing short of excellence to our customers.
Joining the family legacy in 2019, their son Akash Ovian brings a fresh perspective to our operations, seamlessly blending marketing savvy, production expertise, and operational excellence. (2)
The Bean : Robusta : CXR
The roots of Coffea canephora, commonly called robusta, trace back hundreds of thousands of years to the humid, understory evergreen forests in tropical areas of central and western sub-Saharan Africa — a region with expansive geographic distribution from Guinea to Uganda to Angola (Dussert et al., 1999). It is one of the two species in the Coffea genus (which comprises a total of 131 species; Davis & Rakotonasolo, 2021) that are commercially cultivated on a global scale, and it is visually recognizable by its uniquely large blossoms and wide, spreading canopy.
Robusta has its wild origins in central and western sub-Saharan Africa, mainly in the humid understory of low-elevation evergreen forests (50 – 1500 m), but sometimes in seasonally dry humid forests or gallery forests (Davis et al., 2006). (3)
CXR : SLN 3R = Congensis x Robusta
The Process : Mosto Naturals
I dont know what the “mosto” is. must ask.
