Badnekhan Estate SLN 13

Washed · Espresso

An SLN 13 from Badnekhan Estate’s shaded slopes, grown at 1,400 metres and washed using mountain spring water.

In the cup

Toffee · Hazelnut · Milk Chocolate

Toffee sweetness runs through the cup, with hazelnut and a mellow milk chocolate finish.

Coffee details

Producer
Mammen Mappillai

Farm
Badnekhan Estate

Origin
Chikmagalur, Karnataka

Variety
SLN 13

Process
Washed

Elevation
1,400 metres

Roast
Espresso

The coffee

SLN 13 is one of the Arabica varieties cultivated at Badnekhan Estate, where coffee grows beneath a canopy of shade trees on the slopes of Merthi Mountain.

The farm’s washed coffees are processed using mountain spring water, then sun-dried on raised beds.

The producer

Mammen Mappillai is the producer at Badnekhan Estate, a farm that has remained in family ownership since 1946.

Badnekhan’s washed Arabica has received repeated recognition at the Coffee Board of India’s Flavour of India Fine Cup competition.

Roasting

Roasted for espresso to develop toffee sweetness and a rounded profile of hazelnut and milk chocolate.

Brewing

Recommended for espresso.