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India | Riverdale Estate ~ Papaya Anaerobic Natural

India | Riverdale Estate ~ Papaya Anaerobic Natural

The Little Marionette

About This Coffee

A single-origin coffee from Riverdale Estate in India's Western Ghats region, grown at 1400-1600 meters altitude. The SL9 variety undergoes a distinctive papaya anaerobic natural process: hand-picked ripe cherries are washed in spring water and fermented with real papaya fruit in airtight bags for 72 hours with monitored temperature and pH. After fermentation, cherries are sun-dried in raised beds for 25-30 days. The estate is managed by Prakashan Balaraman and focuses on innovation and sustainability in specialty coffee production.

Origin

Riverdale Estate (India)

Flavor Notes

Roast Level

Processing

Papaya Anaerobic Natural

Typology

Arabica
SL-9
TL

The Little Marionette

The Little Marionette is a specialty roastery in Rozelle, in Sydney's Inner West, founded in 2010 by Ed Cutcliffe. The name plays on the image of a puppeteer pulling strings, a nod to Cutcliffe's role in connecting producers, roasters and drinkers across the supply chain. The roastery works on a 1967 Probat, chosen for its cast iron thermal properties and the deeper caramelisation they bring to the cup. Around 80 percent of sourcing runs through direct relationships with farms including Volcán Azul in Costa Rica, Finca Campos Hermoso in Colombia and Daye Bensa in Ethiopia, several of which have placed in the Cup of Excellence. The Little Marionette has since expanded internationally with operations in London, Winchester and New York.

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