The Coffee
Estate : Venkids, Papkuchi
Roaster : Naivo
Varietal : CxR
Process : Washed
The EsTate : Venkids, Papakuchi
Papakuchi Coffee, from Coorg, India are third generation producers of some of the best coffee in India, made by harnessing decades of knowledge, proven traditional growing methods and new technology that improves processes and quality – ultimately, enhancing the flavour of the bean. The brand has been exporting specialty coffee, micro lots across Europe, East Asia and Australia since 2013 and has become synonymous with quality, consistency, traceability, with a focus on sustainability, fair trade and direct roaster-farmer relations.(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 : 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