Badnekhan Estate SLN 9

Washed · Espresso

An SLN 9 from Badnekhan Estate’s shaded slopes, grown at 1,400 metres and washed using mountain spring water.

In the cup

Stone Fruit · Cacao · Brown Sugar

Notes of stone fruit sit alongside cacao and brown sugar sweetness.

Coffee details

Producer
Mammen Mappillai

Farm
Badnekhan Estate

Origin
Chikmagalur, Karnataka

Variety
SLN 9

Process
Washed

Elevation
1,400 metres

Roast
Espresso

The coffee

SLN 9 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 brown sugar sweetness while keeping the stone fruit and cacao notes distinct.

Brewing

Recommended for espresso.