Today I cupped two different Indian beans for a friend of mine. He gave me an Indian Plantation A Arabica and an Indian Robusta Cherry AB (Sorry I could not be more specific with estates, I will try to find these out). The results are as follows.
Indian Plantation A Arabica.
This produced a very nice, well rounded cup with a banana – almond taste. The cup presented low acidity with a pleasant aftertaste. Very good as a single estate cup.
Indian Robusta Cherry AB
I have doubts about Robusta, I know we should try things without predetermined views and I tried. This cup produced a rather pungent, sharp taste, similar to that of dark chocolate (the 90% stuff) with a hint of raspberry. There was a medium acidity with a lingering aftertaste that was rather nice, The thought of a bitter, dry coffee I was expecting quickly vanished with this coffee. Nice, but I did prefer the Arabica.
The final cupping I did was a simple 50 / 50 blend. I have to say – I would in future only use a maximum of 20% Robusta as the 50 / 50 had very little distinguishable taste.
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